[Advaita-l] Analysis of attributes and their locus

[Raghav Kumar]

sri venkatesh murthy ji
namaste
can you please indicate, where in the dharma shastras, is it said that
"Gruhastha has to work for a
> couple of hours per day to maintain his family."

my question is a bit peripeheral to the overall topic in this thread,
nevertheless -

your idea (please note that i am in sympathy with it) - seems to be
that the modern (esp. corporate) work culture and lifestyle engenders
a needless workaholism, where all work targets should have been met
yesterday itself. And the traditional ideal of the grihashtha was to
have a more balanced work culture, leaving enough liesure for
contemplation and sadhana etc. I am curious - can you give the exact
reference from the dharma shashtra referring to the 2-hour-a-day,
14-hours-a-week vedic work culture.



thank you
Raghav

i am curious
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Namaste
>
> If you read Dharma Sastra books you can see Gruhastha has to work for
> couple of hours per day to maintain his family. He has to earn only
> enough wealth for maintenance of family and others like Sannyasis
> depending on him and not more. But nowadays people want to earn more
> and more and are not satisfied. How can they get Mumukshutva?
>
> How many rich people you know are like Buddha and renouncing wealth?
> 99.9999% of them are greedy and want more and more. They avoid taxes
> very cleverly even if they are rich. They are in a mad race to get
> richer and richer all the time. The material desires are never ending.
> How can they get Mumukshutva?
>
> The very poor people are also thinking of small material possessions
> and dreaming of becoming rich one day. They are struggling to get
> daily minimum needs. How can they get Mumukshutva?
>
> The middle class is the best class because they have enough comforts
> for daily life. They don't have to dream of becoming rich. They can
> get Mumukshutva more easily than the other two.
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
>> I think a middle class person having some comforts in life but not too
>> much and some suffering but not too much is the best person for
>> getting Mumukshutva.
>>
>> praNAms
>> Hare Krishna
>>
>> I dont think the social status (poor/middleclass/rich)  of a person would
>> play a vital role in deciding/getting mumukshatva.  I think saMskAra of
>> that person would lead him in an appropriate direction.  there is no
>> guarantee that middle class person is balanced in his mind and does not
>> thrive to get rich...A two wheeler middle-class person may some how wants
>> to get his hands on atleast a second hand car, instead of developing
>> mumukshatva :-)) OTOH, the born rich owner of BMW instead of striving to
>> get benz, one fine day, may realize the futility in acquiring material,
>> get vairAgya and mumukshatva to attain everlasting wealth. (gautama buddha
>> for example).    Its all depend on the 'pUrva janma saMskAra' that
>> particular person has in his/her current janma.
>>
>> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>> bhaskar
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