Aparigraha (Non Greed)
Mangaiarkarasi Muthukumaran
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What is the limit of our desires? Can anyone define?
Honestly none can because it is as limitless as the sky above us.
Desires vary in varying degrees from person to person. But basically, everyone has greed to have more, buy more, get more etc.
What is the difference between desire and greed ?
Desire is limiting our wish to countable or limited wishes, whereas greed is desiring for more and more.
The twin killer of success are impatience and greed?—?Jim Rohn.
A person going in a bike wishes to have a car. A person with a car wishes for a higher end model or more no of cars, not just one.
Not just car or a vehicle, people living in rented houses wish to have a house of their own. When they are blessed with one, they wish for more houses.
Greed can be compared to a bottomless pit or a pot with a hole which can never be filled.
Actually, there is a saying that when we live our life based on our terms, our needs shall be fulfilled. Only when we compare ourselves with others, we desire more and more, endlessly. When we stop comparing our life with others, ourselves with others, greed can be reduced drastically.
Greed is a permanent slavery and we are not aware of it.
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Likewise, in any area of life, everything begins with a desire and grows into greed gradually.
Why this never-ending loop of desires? In this materialistic world, as long as our attention is outward, greed and desire can never be overcome.
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed.
It is difficult to cultivate the nature of non-greed. It should have been imbibed right from childhood. Otherwise, it’s very difficult to practise non greed, aparigraha.
Who in this world is not greedy then? Maybe a handful of people.
How can they be without greed? Their basic attitude is all about gratitude for what they have and being content with how much ever they have.
Ways to adopt aparigraha in life?:
1. Being content with what we have.
2. Being grateful for all our blessings, be it people, things, opportunities, events in our life.
3. Never compare yourself with others. Everyone is unique.
Try practising non greed and aparigraha and feel the peace enveloping you and your being as whole.