From ~~~ Guru Vachaka Kovai.
82 The Simplicity of Life
- If some men of abundant wealth
were to give up willingly
a few of their luxurious modes of living,
millions of pitifully suffering poor could live. - Since the gracious Lord produces the needful food
for all creatures only in the needed quantity,
if one consumes more than what is needed to sustain life,
it is a sin of stealing violently other’s food.
Thus should you know.
Sri Muruganar
Although this verse mentions only food,
it is applicable to all the necessities of life.
Whatever one heaps more than necessary
is nothing but heaping sins.
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