Posted on: 20 Sep 2022
Smt. Priyanka asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, In the video on why God favors the rich to control sins, it is said that in comparison to a rich man, a poor man is always involved in earning his livelihood and cannot disturb the peace of the world because he has no power of money. Swami, I am having one small doubt here. We hear many cases of poor people too committing sins to acquire money illegally out of helplessness or some bad situation they get into like drug dealing, playing cards, kidnapping people for money, excessive alcohol consumption due to stress leading to more sins, etc. There are also cases where they blackmail people with weapons to rob a bank, a store or even steal people's wallets and purses. All these activities also disturb the balance of the society. So, is it that rich people commit more sins in secrecy? Is that why they are more focused upon? God is omniscient and knows the real scene and we cannot judge anything blindly by the face value of things because the divine administration of God is always correct. Having said that, can You please explain further on why God focuses on rich people more to control sins?
Swami replied:- Poor people act as employees of rich employers. If the employers are controlled, the employees are automatically controlled. Even though this is not the total field, it is the majority of the total field. The temptation of an individual poor man can be controlled by propagating spiritual knowledge.