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misery throughout and leaves this world
stricken with diseases and regrets over his
actions in life. Neither he lives in peace nor
lets other live in peace. Greed is a serious
malady which turns a man into an animal and
leaves him battered and shattered.
According to Gita, contentment is the
unfailing treatment of greed. To feel content
by whatever is acquired by one's own efforts
and purposeful acts is contentment. A
thoughtful, contemplating and discriminating
person, thinks that God has granted him in
proportion to his hard work. He is thankful to
God for his gains. His thinking is that he had
brought nothing with him when he was born,
and therefore whatever is given to him is his
profit in the deal. Thanks to God for this. It is
the dissatisfied man who always complains.
The contented person expresses gratitude and
thanks to God. The discerning person knows