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what money really means and how to get rich_132![]() Navigation: Main page » what money really means and how to get rich Author: what money really means and how to get rich T he sun is scorching down on Los Angeles. It's almost noon. I'mwaiting for a friend to pick me up at my house.We're driving together to meet the Dalai Lama, who is giving a lecture and workshop at the L.A. Sports Arena. The Dalai Lama is the physical embodiment of the Buddha. As Buddhists believe in multiple lives, one after the other after the other, until a state of perfection is achieved, the Dalai Lama is the closest achiever of a soul before it blends with the universe in a state of nirvana. And the Buddha's soul has been embodied for some time, since 483 B.C., when the Indian philosopherSiddhartha Gautama founded the faith. I live near the beach.As I'm standing on the sidewalk in front of my house, cyclists, walkers, joggers, and beachgoers are taking advantage of the day. I stand and wonder why I am missing out on the beach, on the day. I'm choosing to sit indoors, at an auditorium, for hours and listen to a lecture—ask a question if I can. I want to find out what money means to the Dalai Lama. The question, this inquisition of what money means, has taken over my life. I look at everyone and ask myself what money might mean to them. My Imagination is having a field day, as I am standing still on the sidewalk, waiting, hot and bothered. To a man on a bicycle, in bright cycling gear, to a woman in a bikini rollerblading along the street, to a tourist couple in T-shirts, shorts, and baseball caps.What does money mean to them? It has little use for them here. Here there is sand and ocean, a bright sky.There is nothing to buy here. Money may be on people's minds. It may be in their pockets or purses, but it will do little but weigh on them here. My friend arrives, and we drive downtown. There is a line of people a quarter of a mile long outside the L.A. Sports Arena.The arena is surrounded by tar, commercial buildings, and busy streets. Air doesn't seem to circulate much. |
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