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THE WAY OF LIFE
he has to carry out endeavours to earn money. (He has to pursue the Arthapurushartha.)
Even if you do not have a family to support and even if you are alone, you have to earn money to lead your life. That means, you should not become a beggar. If you have the capacity to earn money and if inspite of having that capacity, you are idle or you keep spending your days and nights in the performance of spiritual activities depending upon somebody for subsistence, it is not proper. But if you have enough wealth, it does not matter if you do not earn money.
Of course, now-a-days, there may be one or two in a lakh who pursue the Dharmapurushartha, neglecting the Arthapurushartha and the Kamapurushartha. Am I right? Now-a-days, everywhere, we see people who pursue the objectives of Artha and Kama neglecting the Dharmapurushartha. Yet no one thinks thus, “I will spend all my life in the pursuit of Dharma. I do not care for Artha and Kama". So the commentator says that there should be a sense of propriety, balance and proportion in the pursuit of the three objectives. He says that if a man is determined to neglect the Arthapurushartha and the Kamapurushartha he must receive initiation into the sadhudharma. That will be good for him.
From the Audience : There are some people in this world, who though they want to earn money, do not get jobs or occupations to earn money. What should they do?
Maharajashri : That is a fact, I am now speaking of those people who want to pursue the Dharmapurushartha and who want to neglect the Arthapurushartha and the Kamapurushartha. We are now speaking about those people who do not want to do any work though they may get jobs or occupations and who want to pursue the Dharmapurushartha. If there are some people who beg for their livelihood since they have not been able to get any job or occupation, that is pardonable. It is not improper on their part to receive help from some benevolent people. But those who are able-bodied and healthy do not like to receive such help from others.
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