1173: The Heavy Luggage of Material Desire

Wisdom of the Sages - A podcast by Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das

too many possessions is like carrying a lot of luggage when you travel - it just creates anxiety / Siddhartha would be no greedy hawker of incantations / “A brāhmaṇa who desires to achieve happiness by gaining wealth through professional priesthood must certainly have a very low mind.” - Visvarupa / to the degree you get into bhakti, you’re satisfied with simplicity / the sooner we realize our happiness comes from within, the sooner we’re relieved of anxiety / the Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield SB 6.8.1-15