Thought for the Day

Material wealth brings along with it, not only joy but grief as well. Accumulation of riches and multiplication of wants only lead to alternation between joy and grief. Attachment is the root-cause for both joy and grief; detachment is the saviour. Attachment (Asakti) is death (maraka); non-attachment (anasakti) is the saviour (tharaka). A millionaire pays income-tax with tears in his eyes; a headmaster joyfully gives up the furniture and laboratory appliances of his school when he is transferred to some other place. Why? Because the headmaster knows that he is only the caretaker, not the owner. He is not attached to these articles; he knows that they belong to the government. So too feel that your family, your house, your fields, your car, and so on are all the Lord's property and that you are only the trustee; be ready to give them up without a murmur at a moment's notice.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba