THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today
Earning wealth is one of the legitimate objectives of human endeavour,
without a doubt. It is one of the four objectives (purusharthaas) of every
human life, the four being - righteousness, earning wealth, desire and
liberation. The order they are mentioned in, has a purpose too. Righteousness
has to direct and control the process of earning wealth and liberation has to
be the regulating factor for one's desires. All wealth accruing through
unrighteous means is to be treated with contempt as unworthy. All desires that
do not subserve the one supreme need for liberation are to be given up as
beneath one's dignity. So the spiritual basis of righteousness and liberation
must be the root of both the pursuit of wealth and fulfilment of other desires.
BABA
