How does the story of the women who helped Baba grind wheat illustrate the problem with greed?

📖 Chapter 1

The incident with the women who helped Baba grind wheat serves as a powerful lesson against greed. As described in Chapter 1, four women rushed to help Baba, snatching the handle from him and singing his praises as they ground the wheat. However, their minds were filled with greedy thoughts. They speculated about what Baba, who lived on alms and had no family, would do with so much flour. They began "building castles in the air," assuming he would divide the flour among them. When the grinding was done and they started to partition the flour for themselves, Baba became angry, asking if they were looting their "father's property." He chastised them for their greed and made them throw the flour away, leaving them feeling humiliated. This shows how their minds were "greedy to loot Baba," turning an act of service into an opportunity for personal gain, which Baba promptly exposed and corrected.


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