Knowledge is Far More Valuable than Money
Two brothers set out to make their fortune. One of them joined a gurukula to get educаted while the other became an apprentice to a rich merchant. Several years later, the two brothers met and decided to take home to their parents whatever they had acquired. On the way the brothers were waylaid by dacoits who seized all the costly possessions that the merchant's apprentice had T collected. However, they found nothing of value on the peso of the other brother. For what he was carrying was the know- ledge he had acquired and it was stored in his mind. The merchant's apprentice lost all his hard-earned wealth whereas the scholar brother retained all the wealth of knowledge that he had acquired. We need money to survive, to be comfort able, to indulge and enjoy our- selves. Even as children, though not earning ourselves, we seek pocket money from parents. Money also gives you power over others. The more the money, more the purchasing is the single most sought after gets freed from bondage to the commodity today. God through knowselves. Even as children, though "Know that one thing by which not earning ourselves, we seek everything else can be known". Money also gives you power Supreme Being or Purushotama. Over others. The more the Once He is known, all other money, more the purchasing knowledge becomes redundant power. Not surprisingly, money is the single most sought after commodity today. To acquire wealth, however, one needs knowledge. The main purpose of education is to acquire knowledge that prepares you to face life and help build your character. If the only purpose of knowledge acquisition is to earn money, then education is narrowed down to the knowledge required for only a low level of subsistence. Broader and deeper knowledge has several advantages over material wealth. Knowledge can be used to make money, but it cannot really be purchased with money; it is acquired by individual effort. Worldly wealth is limited; knowledge is unlimited. Knowledge cannot be taken away or stolen, it is not burdensome to carry and it causes no anxiety. Safeguarding one's costly worldly possessions could be a source of immense anxiety. Wealth could diminish but knowledge increases when shared. A man of wealth is respected only till he possesses it; an erudite person is respect ed even long after he is no more. The Mundaka Upanishad speaks of two kinds of know ledge: apara vidya or lower knowledge acquired by study of the Vedas, rituals and astrology for one's well being in the material world, and para vidya or higher knowledge, knowledge of the Imperishable Being or God. One of the three main paths to be followed to attain liberation is jnana yoga, or union with God through know ledge. The Upanishads say, Know that one thing by which everything else can be known" And that one thing is the Supreme Being or Purushotama. Once He is known, all other knowledge becomes redundant for then the jiva or living entity gets freed from bondage to the material world. Whereas all the knowledge of the material world is lost upon death, transcendental knowledge stays with you forever. Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita: "Realisation and competence gained through spiritual practices are never lost". Material wealth is an impediment for a seeker of para vidya, because it is a source of obstruction. In the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna says: "He on whom I want to bestow My grace, I slowly deprive him of all his wealth". The Bible says: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God".
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Courtesy: PARMARTHI RAINA and Speaking Tree ,Times of India
Knowledge is Far More Valuable than Money
Two brothers set out to make their fortune. One of them joined a gurukula to get educаted while the other became an apprentice to a rich merchant. Several years later, the two brothers met and decided to take home to their parents whatever they had acquired. On the way the brothers were waylaid by dacoits who seized all the costly possessions that the merchant's apprentice had T collected. However, they found nothing of value on the peso of the other brother. For what he was carrying was the know- ledge he had acquired and it was stored in his mind. The merchant's apprentice lost all his hard-earned wealth whereas the scholar brother retained all the wealth of knowledge that he had acquired. We need money to survive, to be comfort able, to indulge and enjoy our- selves. Even as children, though not earning ourselves, we seek pocket money from parents. Money also gives you power over others. The more the money, more the purchasing is the single most sought after gets freed from bondage to the commodity today. God through knowselves. Even as children, though "Know that one thing by which not earning ourselves, we seek everything else can be known". Money also gives you power Supreme Being or Purushotama. Over others. The more the Once He is known, all other money, more the purchasing knowledge becomes redundant power. Not surprisingly, money is the single most sought after commodity today. To acquire wealth, however, one needs knowledge. The main purpose of education is to acquire knowledge that prepares you to face life and help build your character. If the only purpose of knowledge acquisition is to earn money, then education is narrowed down to the knowledge required for only a low level of subsistence. Broader and deeper knowledge has several advantages over material wealth. Knowledge can be used to make money, but it cannot really be purchased with money; it is acquired by individual effort. Worldly wealth is limited; knowledge is unlimited. Knowledge cannot be taken away or stolen, it is not burdensome to carry and it causes no anxiety. Safeguarding one's costly worldly possessions could be a source of immense anxiety. Wealth could diminish but knowledge increases when shared. A man of wealth is respected only till he possesses it; an erudite person is respect ed even long after he is no more. The Mundaka Upanishad speaks of two kinds of know ledge: apara vidya or lower knowledge acquired by study of the Vedas, rituals and astrology for one's well being in the material world, and para vidya or higher knowledge, knowledge of the Imperishable Being or God. One of the three main paths to be followed to attain liberation is jnana yoga, or union with God through know ledge. The Upanishads say, Know that one thing by which everything else can be known" And that one thing is the Supreme Being or Purushotama. Once He is known, all other knowledge becomes redundant for then the jiva or living entity gets freed from bondage to the material world. Whereas all the knowledge of the material world is lost upon death, transcendental knowledge stays with you forever. Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita: "Realisation and competence gained through spiritual practices are never lost". Material wealth is an impediment for a seeker of para vidya, because it is a source of obstruction. In the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna says: "He on whom I want to bestow My grace, I slowly deprive him of all his wealth". The Bible says: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God".
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are PARMARTHI RAINA views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: PARMARTHI RAINA and Speaking Tree ,Times of India