We used to think that having vast sums of money was bad and in particular bad for you — that it harmed your character, warping your behavior and corrupting your soul. Those who are rich, we seem to think, are not in any more moral danger than the rest of us. And Jesus didn’t exactly go easy on the rich, either — think camels and needles, for starters. For Hindus, working hard to earn money is a duty (dharma), but only when done through honest means and used for good ends. And, as is typically the case with the morally malformed, the first victims of the rich are the rich themselves.

Source: Washington Post July 28, 2017 15:33 UTC