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Money cannot bring us happiness this knowledge happens after accumulating money or before it?


Question:- Guruji, Money cannot bring us happiness this knowledge happens after accumulating money or before it?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 
          If you are intelligent, it happens before. And if you are little less intelligent, then it happens afterward. An intelligent person also learns from others experiences. But this realization is only authentic if you can experience someones experience as your own. It doesnt carry any value if a beggar says that he has abandoned everything. How can a beggar abandon anything? He has not earned anything at the first place. Also there are some people who do not understand this even after accumulating a lot of money. But this doesnt mean that you should not earn money. If you are too feverish for money thinking that only it can bring you happiness, then either earn money and see yourself, or learn from others experience.
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