Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.14.35
Ūti· What drives us to actProtect Friendship Through Honesty and Discipline
“Sometimes conditioned souls exchange money, but in due course of time, enmity arises because of cheating. Although there may be a tiny profit, the conditioned souls cease to be friends and become enemies.”
What the purport teaches
- Cheating in financial dealings can turn friends into enemies, even when the profit is tiny. The desire for material comforts can create enmity among the closest companions.
- Membership in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement does not by itself prevent wrongdoing. Without firmness in the regulative principles, material desires can still lead to harmful acts.
- Strictly following the regulative principles helps keep the mind undisturbed. It also protects the work of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness from dissension.
Try this today
Review one financial exchange today and make sure its terms are clear and honest.
Ask yourself
Am I allowing a small material gain to become more important than honesty and friendship?
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.