Sunday, July 22, 2012

6 Things That Can Dissipate Wealth



6 things that can dissipate wealth:

1. Consumption of intoxicants.
If one addicted to this he will use money for this, that will make his money gone for useless thing.
He will easy to get angry in conversation because damaged brain nerves.
He ruins his cells immunity to prevent diseases.
If he like status his reputation is low cause people know he is a drunkard.
Sometime he dresses not properly so it gives bad image.
His intellect hard to progress.

2. Roaming the streets at unseemly hours.
It will make him buy things that actually he doesn't need that.
He doesn't have enough awareness, that makes him prone to accident.
His family maybe need him to help at that time.
He can become suspect of crime acts.
He can become subject to false rumors.
He will face many difficulties since his mind not prepare for that.

3. Frequenting theatrical shows.
Too much TV will make the mind rent space for that, that means a lose for him cause he doesn't use the time and the mind to do better thing. The other bad thing is, his mind always obsess about such entertainment (TV, concerts, etc)

4. Gambling.
If he win, he curious can he win again.
If he loses, he hates that and want to try again.
By default he always ready to lost some wealth, cause he put in in gambling.
In debates, he is easy to lose.
his friends and companions look upon him very low because he doesn't have a strong character.
He is not sought after for matrimony for people would say he is a gambler.

5. Associating with bad company.
If your friend ask you to smoke, you maybe smoke to find a place in friendship. And if he type of a person that not being true to himself you makefriend with a liar, and many other examples.

6. Idleness.
Feeling the body not well but it is not.
Feeling the weather is not too friendly.
Feeling it is too early too work, feeling it is late to work.

 - Sigalovada Sutta -

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