{"id":307,"date":"2018-11-07T09:50:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T04:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/?p=307"},"modified":"2018-11-07T09:50:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T04:20:35","slug":"pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution","title":{"rendered":"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Series of discourse by H.H. Shreemajjagadguru Shankaracharya Shree Shree Raghaveshwara Bharathi Mahaswamiji.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once, an argument arose between Lakshmi and Alakshmi as to who is more beautiful. Each contested that she is more beautiful than the other. Both of them went to Earth and approached a wealthy merchant and asked him, \u201cbetween two of us, who is more beautiful?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The merchant was confused. He realised that if he declares one to be more beautiful than the other, he will be in trouble. He thought of a plan. He told them that he would decide on this issue by looking at the way they walk.<\/p>\n<p>The merchant told Lakshmi,<br \/>\n\u201cyou walk ten steps forward\u201d.<br \/>\nHe told Alakshmi,<br \/>\n\u201cyou walk ten steps backwards\u201d.<br \/>\nBoth of them followed his instruction. The merchant pronounced his decision that Lakshmi looks more beautiful while she comes and Alakshmi looks more beautiful while she departs. He declared, \u201cboth are equal in beauty\u201d. Lakshmi and Alakshmi were happy with this answer and blessed the merchant.<br \/>\nSimilarly, in life both good and bad things befall upon us. We feel happy with good fortune. We feel equally happy when bad things get over.<br \/>\nIf there is no darkness, how can we realise the greatness of light? We experience both good and bad in life. We should make our life happy by welcoming good and bid adieu to bad .This is the essence of this story.<\/p>\n<p>Translated by : Dr Sharada Jayagovind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Series of discourse by H.H. Shreemajjagadguru Shankaracharya Shree Shree Raghaveshwara Bharathi Mahaswamiji. Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution Once, an argument arose between Lakshmi and Alakshmi as to who is more beautiful. Each contested that she is more beautiful than the other. Both of them went to Earth and approached a wealthy merchant and asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shrisamsthana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution) | Srimukha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution) | Srimukha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Series of discourse by H.H. Shreemajjagadguru Shankaracharya Shree Shree Raghaveshwara Bharathi Mahaswamiji. Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution Once, an argument arose between Lakshmi and Alakshmi as to who is more beautiful. Each contested that she is more beautiful than the other. Both of them went to Earth and approached a wealthy merchant and asked [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Srimukha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Srimukha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Srimukha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Srimukha\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffaa66f25082b9463d13343d54c61141\"},\"headline\":\"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution)\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sri Samsthana\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\",\"name\":\"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution) | Srimukha\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg\",\"width\":614,\"height\":920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Srimukha\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Srimukha\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/cropped-cropped-01-13.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/cropped-cropped-01-13.png\",\"width\":168,\"height\":45,\"caption\":\"Srimukha\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffaa66f25082b9463d13343d54c61141\",\"name\":\"Srimukha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce53dd7ac0ae6f99e0e0041d5be5be23c2b096c34462f9f7fe36ea36a96d2d02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce53dd7ac0ae6f99e0e0041d5be5be23c2b096c34462f9f7fe36ea36a96d2d02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Srimukha\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution) | Srimukha","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution) | Srimukha","og_description":"Series of discourse by H.H. Shreemajjagadguru Shankaracharya Shree Shree Raghaveshwara Bharathi Mahaswamiji. Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution Once, an argument arose between Lakshmi and Alakshmi as to who is more beautiful. Each contested that she is more beautiful than the other. Both of them went to Earth and approached a wealthy merchant and asked [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution","og_site_name":"Srimukha","article_published_time":"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":614,"height":920,"url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Srimukha","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Srimukha","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution"},"author":{"name":"Srimukha","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffaa66f25082b9463d13343d54c61141"},"headline":"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution)","datePublished":"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution"},"wordCount":252,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg","articleSection":["Sri Samsthana"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution","url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution","name":"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution) | Srimukha","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-07T04:20:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/shri-guru-8.jpg","width":614,"height":920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/shrisamsthana\/pearls-of-wisdom-lakshmi-prosperity-alakshmi-destitution#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pearls of Wisdom : Lakshmi (Prosperity ) \u2013 Alakshmi (Destitution)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/","name":"Srimukha","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Srimukha","url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/cropped-cropped-01-13.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/cropped-cropped-01-13.png","width":168,"height":45,"caption":"Srimukha"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffaa66f25082b9463d13343d54c61141","name":"Srimukha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce53dd7ac0ae6f99e0e0041d5be5be23c2b096c34462f9f7fe36ea36a96d2d02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce53dd7ac0ae6f99e0e0041d5be5be23c2b096c34462f9f7fe36ea36a96d2d02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Srimukha"}}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srimukha.srisamsthana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}