Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.14.26
Ūti· What drives us to actHonest Dealings and Trustworthy Guidance
“As far as transactions with money are concerned, if one person cheats another by a farthing or less, they become enemies.”
What the purport teaches
- Cheating over even a tiny amount of money can turn friends into enemies. This is part of the forest fire of material life.
- The conditioned soul has four defects: illusion, mistakes, imperfect knowledge and a tendency to cheat. High philosophical claims do not by themselves remove these defects.
- The purport recommends taking advice from Śrī Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide representative. Such guidance offers the way to happiness in this life and the next.
Try this today
Check one payment or shared expense today and correct any amount you owe.
Ask yourself
Am I as careful about honesty in small transactions as in large ones?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.