31 May 2014 - QA 2

Gurudev, how much money should a person earn in life? Does earning more than one’s needs mean hoarding of money that is someone else’s share?
Also, what is the difference between being resourceful and self-sufficient?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: See, put in all your efforts and earn as much as you can. But follow certain rules. It is not right to earn money by committing crimes, or through any other wrong means.
If you do, then the result will only be misery and suffering. If you adopt wrong means to earn money, then your own conscience will prick you from within, and you will feel, 'I have stolen from someone'. It will pinch you from within.
So do not use wrong means of earning money. You should put in all your effort to earn money, making the best use of time available to you.