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are fully developed. They have reached the top limit.
People of foreign countries would be willing to drive you
somewhere, even if they had to drive fifty miles each way. Even
a casual acquaintance will drive you there and back and not
only that he will also pay for your meal. Whereas here, in India,
your own nephew will calculate how much it will cost him in
gas, oil, and wear and tear on his car. Then he will even lie to
you and tell you that he cannot take you because his boss is
going to be in town the next day.
Now what does this all mean? It means that in the
foreigners, greed is not as developed as it is in the Indians. In
Indians it is so highly developed that it will last for up to seven
generations. And what is the level of greed in foreigners? Their
greed is limited to their own needs. When their children turn
eighteen they want them to move out and live on their own. If
married couples have differences they will resort to a divorce,
whereas in Indians their attachment is fully developed. There
was a couple in their eighties who fought with each other their
entire married life. They would bicker with each other all day
long. When the old man died, the old lady was performing the
ritual of saravani, which is performed on the thirteenth day after
death. As she placed various items for offering in the rituals, she
would say, “This was your uncle’s favorite sweet, this is what
he liked…” When I asked her why she was doing all this when
she fought with him every day, she replied, “Things are always
so. However, I will never find a husband like him again. I want
him to be my husband in every life.” In Indians, attachment too
has reached to the top!
Prakruti : Natural And Deviant
Foreigners are spontaneous, impulsive and natural. Natural
and spontaneous means that if there is a docile cow, she will not
hurt anyone, even if a child were to grabs hold of her horns.