To have wealth and property is normally thought of as desirable, but attachment to them is actually an obstacle on your spiritual path. So someone who deprives you of your money and possessions is, in fact, freeing you from the fetters these things have created in your mind, and is preventing you from falling to the lower realms. You should feel nothing but gratitude.
If you own nothing at all, you are free. No enemies or thieves will bother you. As the saying goes: If you have no wealth, thieves won't break in. If you carry no bags, robbers won't lie in wait.
It is important to remember that if you lose everything you possess, it can only be the karmic result of your having deprived others of their possessions in the past. There is therefore no reason to feel angry with anyone other than yourself. Seen from that point of view, is it not you who are attracting enemies with your wealth, fame, and rank? If there were no target, there would be nothing at which to shoot arrows. As a result of negative actions in your past lives, you have set yourself up as a target at which the arrows of suffering are now being shot.
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THE HEART OF COMPASSION
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse rinpoche
Translated From the Tibetan by the Padmakara Translation Group
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