I was talking to my daughter. About what it is that drives people.
In the same family, through same upbringing, same schooling. One child migrates to USA, and one child moves to work in villages or slums
Poorva janma punyam, she said. Good deeds of past lives maturing into good directions in this life.
I told her. "But in the village, each person is generous with their very little. It's not individual karma. Its collective nurturing of values by rooted community."
She said that the punyam of each of them brought them to be born there. In this village of landless labourers.Where goodness, generosity and lived dharmam was nurtured further.
I stopped.
It was a very important thought she had articulated. A thought, extremely Indian. That I have been trying to face clearly.
To have the heart, opportunity and environment to serve. Is a far greater gift and blessing. Than even a full stomach.
That space to serve has to be earned. Thro good deeds. Thro punyam.
Every villager understands this. The secondariness of material richness as opposed to moral and spiritual richness. It is all about understanding Dharmam.
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