14/10/2025
This is true wisdom about "Greed" from Buddhism .
There was once a poor farmer named Pahom who believed that if he only had enough land, he would be happy forever.
One day, he heard of a distant tribe that sold vast lands for very little money. Their only rule was simple:
For a fixed price, he could have as much land as he could walk around from sunrise to sunset — but he had to return to the same spot by sunset.
If he failed, he would lose both his money and the land.
At sunrise, Pahom started walking.
He walked fast, marking boundaries, dreaming of how much wealth he would gain.
The land was fertile, the grass was green — and greed pushed him forward.
Every time he thought of turning back, he saw more beautiful land ahead and thought, “Just a little more…”
As the sun began to sink, panic set in.
He realized he had gone too far.
Breathing heavily, he ran back towards the starting point, desperate to reach before sunset.
His heart pounded, his legs trembled — but the finish line was near.
Just as the sun disappeared, he collapsed at the starting spot…
Dead.
The chief of the tribe looked at his body and calmly said,
“Bury him. That’s all the land a man needs — six feet.”
💭 The Timeless Lesson
Greed always promises happiness, but it ends by taking peace away.
We chase more — more money, more property, more status — forgetting that no one truly owns anything.
At the end, we leave this world with the same empty hands we came with.
In our pursuit of more, we often lose what matters most — health, relationships, peace, and time.
🌱 Remember:
The earth is vast, but our needs are small.
We spend our lives expanding our boundaries, while forgetting the one truth:
In the end, all we really need is enough land to rest in.
(The story taken from Leo Tolstoy’s classic tale, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”)
