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Tirukkural-On Virtue-Avoiding Covetousness-Kural 175
Avoiding Covetousness
oi-Staff
By Staff
Vekki veriya ceyin
Of
what
avail
is
a
keen
intellect
and
wide
knowledge,
If
greed
seizes
him
and
he
covets
at
every
turn.
Experience shows that greed is a malady which does not spare even men of keen intellect and great learning. Even they stoop to covetousness; and that way lies the road to ruin. What then is the purpose of all their knowledge and wisdom?
The following two passages of the Gita are meaningful in this context:-
'When the intellect crosses beyond the taint of illusion, then shall thou attain, regarding things heard and things yet to be heard.'
(Gita 2, 52)
'That man who lives devoid of longing abandoning all desires, without the sense of I or Mine, he attains peace'.
(Gita 2, 71)
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Story first published: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 12:53 [IST]
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