Swamiji saadar pranaam, I want to know that what is more important in life earning money or earning name?
Swami Ramswarup: Neither earning money nor earning name is important. We are away from the knowledge of Vedas and worship of God accordingly. We must remember that “Brahma Vibhinnam Sarvam Mithya” i.e., if we are away from the worship of the God then everything of materialistic world becomes illusion for us as became illusion for Ravanna, Kansa, Duryodhan and see that when we worship the God regularly according to Vedas than both matters i.e., earning money and earning name becomes important in the life as both i.e., money and name will never give us harm by indulging us in greed, pride, ego and other sins as happened in the life of Sri Ram, Yudhishthir, their public etc. that is why, God in chapter 40 of Yajurveda states that human-beings must attain progress in both ways-simultaneously i.e., in earning money(materialistic) and spiritualism. Progress in one matter/field alone will prove to be fatal for us, say Vedas.
