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if he dies?’ then it will keep you up crying all night.
The Vaniks have a lot of intellect. But it also makes them
suffer a lot. The intellect of a Vanik can even become an obstacle
for liberation. Liberation is a feat for the brave; it is a feat for
the Kshatriyas (warrior class). The Self has nothing to do with
social divisions but the attributes of the prakruti, confuses it and
deludes it (self) in the ignorant state. Kshatriyas are very powerful
and determined. All the twenty-four Tirthankars were Kshatriyas.
When Kshatriyas desire liberation, they do not consider worldly
things of any value, whereas the Vaniks who desire liberation
will attach importance to the worldly things also. One has to be
cautious of the Vanik intellect. Beware of it, it causes a great
deal of confusion on the path of liberation.
The Vaniks have a very large tuber of greed. These tubers
are not easily evident to them. Whereas Kshatriyas are restless
by nature and they exhibit their aggressiveness everywhere.
Nevertheless they come to their senses quickly because they
also suffer in the process. But it is very difficult to bring a Vanik
to the level where he can see his weaknesses.
When a Kshatriya goes to the temple, he will put his hand
in his pocket and put all that comes out in his hand into the
donation chest. Whereas a Vanik decides how much he will
donate before he leaves home. On the way he will get enough
loose change so that he can donate a little at every temple he
visits. A Vanik uses his intellect (buddhi) whenever an opportunity
presents to him to make a meaningful intent for his salvation.
What is wealth? It is puran-galan (input-output). For every
input, output is inevitable. That is the law of accounts. People
make matters worse by interfering through their intellect. They
waste their valuable energies in the natural process of input-
output. Money is your bank balance, it is your account of merit