Once Krishna & Arjuna were travelling & at nightfall came across a rich man's house & asked for shelter. The rich man refused rudely & Krishna left saying "May your wealth increase." Then they came to a poor man's hut & asked for shelter. The poor man gladly welcomed them & fed them with milk & said he had only this hut & a cow. As they were leaving in the morning Krishna told him "May your hut burn down & your cow die of natural causes."
Arjuna, shell-shocked, asked him the reason. Krishna said the rich man thinks happiness will come out of wealth, so I blessed him with more so that after innumerable births he will know that happiness does not come out of wealth. The poor man is very near liberation with only his hut & cow standing in his way. If they are removed, he will instantly attain liberation, which is the true goal of human life.
Jesus Christ also said "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven."
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