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papers that a certain businessman is happy but truly, no one is
happy. People are roasting from all sides just like potatoes in a
fire. A wife of the rich businessman lost all her bungalows
because she had no insurance. In the end all was lost. Is there
any happiness in it? If there were happiness in money, then why
would these wealthy businessmen toss and turn at night in their
bed? Even the bed squeaks. Where is the happiness in all this?
The emperors had hundreds of wives but even then some of
them would always be sulking.
There was a Vanik (from the business community) man
who would come and sit with me everyday. ‘We’ asked him one
day, “How do you get along with your wife? What would
become of you if your wife were to die?” He replied, “I have
made it very clear to my wife that I will become a widower but
I will not let her become a widow!” My goodness, these Vanik
men are very shrewd. His wife would feel very good that he is
going to live longer than her. He tells his wife she can die a
married woman but he is going to be a widower for sure. Men
have made these rules and that is why they are partial towards
the male. The only difference between a man and a woman are
the ones that are naturally made, but otherwise even she is a
‘Shuddhatma (pure Soul)’ is she not?
One Vanik man was very brave! Robbers were robbing
the homes adjacent to his, and there was much chaos and noise
going on. Upon hearing this, he told his wife, “You cover me up
on this bed with a whole bunch of blankets.” These are the kind
of brave men you have these days!
You got married, you have tasted the fruits of a married
life and now you have to remain vitarag (without at tachment or
abhorrence). If you taste a fruit of a mango tree and find the
mango very tart, are you going to sit under the tree in
anticipation that perhaps next year’s crop will be sweet? No,
that tree will always produce tart fruits. In the same token, this