Common misconception

They are not rival camps where you pick one; the tradition weaves all four, with dharma steering the rest.

The question it leaves you holding

If liberation is the highest aim, does that make wealth and pleasure obstacles — or rungs on the same ladder?

Questions to explore

• How does the tradition rank duty, wealth, pleasure, and liberation?
• Can the pursuit of wealth and pleasure ever be part of the path, not against it?