Possession (SB cantos 7 - 12)

Expressions researched:
"possession" |"possessionless" |"possessions" |"possessive" |"possessiveness"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: possession or possessionless or possessions or possessive or possessiveness not "material possessions" not "material possession" not "material possessiveness"

SB Canto 7

SB 7.6.10, Purport:

One may risk everything to acquire money, and this is especially true of rich men who are too attached to household life. Formerly, of course, the members of the higher castes—the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas (everyone but the śūdras)—were trained in the guru-kula to adhere to a life of renunciation and sense control by practicing brahmacarya and mystic yoga. Then they were allowed to enter household life. There have consequently been many instances in which great kings and emperors have given up household life. Although they were extremely opulent and were the masters of kingdoms, they could give up all their possessions because they were trained early as brahmacārīs.