The Dhamma touchs on the one thing that the rich man is not ready to give up – his money and all that it brought. But, if we are honest, we will admit that we all have some things we would be very slow to let go of. Things we would not like to give up, things we cling to, things we seek in our effort to escape the adverse.
It might be a good exercise today for us to ask ourselves what would be the most difficult thing for us to give up on Buddha's path to peace, wisdom, equanimity, compassion, freedom and enlightenment. It might be some thing we own like our house, or it might be a relationship, or our job, or our health. Whatever it is, it could be coming between us and our total following of the Dhamma. Do the things we own really own us?
Why not resolve to be ready, if called on, to give it up? Only then do we know that we are truly free and truly followers of the Way.
Adaption from the site 'Living Space' 18.08.14, Jesuits of Ireland
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