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completely attached to and engrossed in wealth, women,
business and family at the cost of religion is losing out on the
great benefits of salvation i.e. external bliss? Just as the position
of the Queen of Magadha was filled with abundant wealth
and luxuries, food and frolic, fame and respect, similarly this
path is also complete with different acts – that of charity,
celibacy, penance, compassion and devotion towards God and
Guru which can give you progressive rebirths and happiness.

But,

how will religion make its foray into the lives of those
enveloped in the attachment of such insignificant objects?
How will it enable better rebirths and avoid the sinful births
of hell and animals?

Can you understand ?
In the greed of wealth you do business transactions at night
giving up on the great religious act of prohibition of having
food at night.

Due to your laziness and sleep you miss out on the precious
time for the devotion of God and thus lose out on the
Punyanubandhi Punya that you could have earned.

Not being able to resist your temptation, you savour all that
you feel like without considering if it is edible or not and
thus lose the chance to forsake the inedible.

Due to the attachment of wealth, you forget to spend it in
the devotion of the Almighty and other religious fields thereby
letting go of a golden opportunity.

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