GREED

Greed is sure to lead us to ruin. There is a monkey. It wanders in the village. It looks a metallic jar in a courtyard. In the bottom of the jar, there is beaten rice. The monkey puts its right hand in the jar. It Takes beaten rice in the fist. The mouth of the jar is narrow. The open (empty) hand can enter and come out of the jar, but the fist cannot. Now the question is how the monkey’s hand will come out. The answer is quite clear but the monkey will not do it. Similar is the case with man also. We all are like monkeys. We have caught hold the illusion but say that it has entrapped us. What a fallacy!
There was an old lion. It was too weak for hunting. It took a golden ornament and sat in a marshy land. It told all passersby to take the ornament. It was taking oaths not to harm and was giving faith showing its toothless mouth and nail less foot. No one believed and passed quickly. One poor greedy Brahman passed through the way. The lion repeated the same version to give him faith. The greed captured the Brahman. He thought, “What is the fault to test the words of the lion? Shastras say to believe all. There is no place of doubt. The only Brahma is everywhere and in all creatures in the world.” He started to go towards the lion. His feet went deep into the mud. The lion started coming towards him saying, “Oh, very sad! You have been trapped in the mud. I am coming to pull you out.” It came to him and killed him. This is the very climax of the greed. "Lovah paapasya karnam. Makkhi baithee doodh par, pankh gayo laptay; haath male aur sir dhune, laalach buri balay."