PART II WEALTH
CHAPTER 101
THE WEALTH THAT IS NOT PUT TO GOOD USE
1001. Behold the man who hath laid by in his home treasures in abundance but enjoyeth them not: he is as good as dead, for he maketh no use of them.
1002. Behold the miser that thinketh that wealth is all in all and hoardeth it without giving to any: he will be a demon in his next birth.
1003. Behold the men that are always after hoarding but care not for fame: their existence is a burden unto the earth.
1004. The man who careth not to earn the attachment of his neighbours, what doth he hope to leave behind him when he is dead ?[1]
1005. Behold the men that neither give unto others nor enjoy their wealth themselves: even if they possess tens of millions they really possess nothing.
- ↑ The grateful remembrance of neighbours, which can be earned only by freely helping others, is the only thing that can be said to really survive a man.
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