Not Having Enough
A wealthy woman from Singapore wrote to tell Rinpoche about another woman who had come to see her, saying she planned to commit suicide so that her son would receive his inheritance. The woman from Singapore sought Rinpoche’s advice on how to help her.
My very dear Winnie,
Thank you very much for your kind letters. In the future, you need to check up on people when they come to see you, to know whether they are sincere or not. Some people might expect that by telling you they want to commit suicide, you might give them some money. You should check whether they are serious or just making it up. You can feel it, not just hear their words.
You also need to tell the lady who wanted to kill herself so her son would get money to live on, and any others like her who come in the future, that if she has $100, then she might want $1,000 next. And if she has $1,000, then she might want $10,000, and if she has $10,000, then she might want $1,000,000, on and on with no end.
If you don’t have the concept that what you have is enough, then even if you have $100,000,000, you won’t have enough, and therefore you will still be poor. If you have $100 or $1,000, and think that this is enough, that makes a person rich. Comparing yourself to those who have nothing or who have only $1 or $10 makes you rich.
This is just an idea to make the mind happy, and to eliminate the mind that never thinks it has enough, but always wants more and more.
Of course, if you can help her, that’s good. I’m not saying not to help.
Thank you very much. At the moment that is all.
With much love and prayer...