DOES MONEY CORRUPT THE MIND ?

No Money but, its EXCESS can.

What happens if one overeats? Anything in excess is bad.

In case of money it is severally more dangerous as it creates excess in several other aspects as well including inflating false ego and a platoon of sycophants who keep massaging this false ego while the "egoist lives the life in coma or on a ventilator'. ...........Never noticing the deprived all around. 

Yes.. corruption start & end due to money..........

Yes money corrupts the mind. Human wants are unlimited and hence they are on the look out for money by any means. Example, please take a govt. employee, besides his salary, he is also earning something through unfair method. The definition for money is: Money what it does. Naturally it will corrupt everybody who are having needs more than required. It is a very known fact that how many people from India are keeping the bank account in Swiss Bank. All are unaccounted money that are accrued through corruption or black money. The politician thro corruption and the business people thro generation of black money/unaccounted.   

I had read a quote which said, 'You are honest until you have an opportunity to be corrupt'

Money makes the world go round! There is no second thought on that. When we are comfortably sitting in a protected environment, we may preach about honesty, spirituality etc. but when we undergo sufferance that is the real test of our integrity!

Yes. To some extend true. The ego rises beyond control if one earns money unexpectedly. This kind of problem occurs when money converts a poor to rich. Interestingly, in our country people respect the rich with out looking the background and culture of the person. This makes him greedy and a wrong impression goes to the society. Money is the fastest moving element in this world. It is the instrument that makes thousands rich to poor and vice versa. The hidden theory of moneymaking is earning it with prestige and spending in a sacrificing manner. The money will not leave you years after year and births after birth.  

1800 - 1500 ... If people think, they are toll free numbers ... they would be sadly mistaken.

It may be just the tip of the ice berg ... corruption figures just unearthed from a single individual ...

Rs. 1,800 crores of hard cash and 1,500 kilograms of gold said to have been ceased from the offices / residences of Ketan Desai, President, Medical Council of India.

Obviously many under-hand dealings must have been going on for quiet some time; he must be well connected with the powers that be, having got re-elected and to daringly indulge in such large scale corruption. If a public enquiry is conducted, many heads may roll.

There may be many more such corrupt officials in India. If all of them are caught, the Government may get a few lakhs crores of rupees which can be used for genuine poverty alleviation schemes.

Telgi, Raju, Koda, Ketan, and many more ... Is this not enough reason for the Government to demonetize currency in steps (immediately rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 currency notes and the rest in due course of time) and introduce Biometric Smart Card based transactions for eliminating corruption.

Please circulate to all well meaning citizens for a public debate on "The need to kill the cancer of corruption before it kills us".

ROOP JALUTHARIA, a good debate, appreciate the choice of topic.

Yes money does corrupt the mind, corruption of mind means fullfillment of vices

Once you haev money you can fullfill all your desires, and desires are vices.

So we rund after our vices, but that is where education, bring up and the family culture play a very important role

example- when money comes in one may develop habit of drinking, but then family values, education will always soudn the person to refrain from drinking if the person does not heed then eh has corrupted his mind

Irfan, well said we should not run behind money, money should run behind us. Yes thats true money changes everyone but only a few are changed by mind. Onces people see more money their expectations and wants increases and that leads to the corruption of mind. So be happy with what you have, don't waste your life for money.

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Dear Bhavesh,

Excessive and rapid accumulation is mainly possible through unfair means, it could be as simple as over exploitation of someones demand. Yet if you look at the percent of people who have earned fairly and are, as well not inclined to share with society the cause and effect becomes evident. How many business owners sincerely pass the due share to their workers or are ready to reinvest a major share in progression and R & D keeping requisite check on self consumption.

This may be beginning of corruption of mind.

i do feel money in life can change us in few points

when you have money you dont care ne 1,we intend to feel that we can buy everything but sorry to tel u that money is not everything in life. so dont run behind money let money run behind u.

If we are obsessed with MONEY (only) , our lives / family / society might be destroyed. It does not mean : there may not be requirement of money in our lives. Sorry 2say, in recent times, a section of members of Middle Class, is thinking otherwise.

In a situation where money ONLY is counted :-

---  We may like to join Terrorist groups who pay hefty amount for their activities ( we say crimes )

---  We may become "supari-kellers" who are paid handsome amounts ( again for crimes)

---  We may join them who resorts to "abductions" - easy money may be available

---  We may join Spy / Espionage groups to endenger our own country - handsome amt is paid

---  We may become "Adultrators" who earn huge money by mixing bad items in foods even medicine

DESIRE OF IT DOES THAT

Yes, Money can corrupt the mind if in excess. Money is a material or tool that is essential once in a while and not the reason or goal of life. Thus akin to overeating causing stomach ailments, excess of money can cause unnecessary ideas and thoughts or making schemes to over accumulate. As it is necessary to eat one bite less for a good body health it is better to have space for some material. 

According to me, money corrupts mind i some cases..nwadays money is nt only essential for fulfilling our daily needs bt is also used for getting luxury...If money is hard earned then he/she will value money bt one who gets money from wrong means or gets easily money whenever they require without any work they will nvr hv value for money..So learn to use money in a proper way as money is sumthing that is today bt nt tomorrow...

YES.. Excess of money used in wrong places does corrupt the mind..!!

Money is nothing but MAYA; so excess of it gives more Greed, change in attitude, misuse of power, etc which leads to corruption..

I believe..

MONEY NEVER CORRUPT THE MIND,THE UNSATISFIED MIND ONLY DO THE CORRUPTION TO FULL FEEL THEIR EXTRA REQUIREMENT.

What about The fine line between a gift and a bribe…. or entertaining guests and bribery ? Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices. But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or to keep it

Nagpal as you mentioned in you view that lot of Industrialist have made money without being corrupt. If this is true then I just want to know what do you mean by corruction?

Yes few industrialist have made money without being corrupt to some extent TATA but you mentioned Ambanis. I think in my view Ambanis are the one who introduced the concept of bribery in Indian political system. Yes they have done some very good work but simultaneously they have made our political system corrupt. 

I don't think money will corrupt your mind unless and until you earn it through illegal sources. Money always provide sense of growth.

Take the example of a person working in a organization. How does the person feel that he is growing in his life. I think promotion and promotion brings some additional money in his life which create sense of growth in his mind.

So, money doesn't corrupt a person unless it earns through illegal sources.

Once a person starts earning money through illegal sources his mind become dampen and takes the person's mind in several illegal direction.

This happens because earning money through illegal sources is 50 or 100 times mulitiple of his acutal capacity to earn. This dampens his mind and makes him corrupt. 

Yes. Money is a manifestation of energy. It is a physical form of power. There are several forms of power; some of them physical and some of them metaphysical. Power is a two-edged knife. It can generate and also degenerate, depending on how one uses it.

Money, being a form of power, has to potentials to nourish or spoil, i.e. corrupt. 

When we prepare food items or medicine for long term use, we add preservatives, like honey. It preserves the medicine without becoming decomposed. Like that the power should be preserved by good value system.

Our elders subordinated wealth (artha) to dharma. Artha earned in accordance with dharma will not corrupt. Artha earned by violating dharma will corrupt. 

As we know Human wants are unlimited and we human being struggle through out over life to gather as much as we can, a person not having any thing will be struggling for bread and butter, person who is capable to earn his/her livelihood will be struggling for betterment in his/her life so person may go greedy. Somewhere in between it catches and corrupts our mind...

Dear Roop Sir,

I think you are right, money does corrupt the minds of many people . Money can disbalance many minds who never knew the power of money in their lives.

 How can an already corrupt mind can be corrupt !?

 makarand, are you sure what you want to say ! ?. Are  you writing here only for the sake of writing or you really want to say something meaningful what you could not express !

Yes, money corrupts the mind of those who give more importance to it, than it deserves. Similarly position, love, power etc. also corrupt the mind of those who give more importance to those, than they deserve.

Money is the root of all evil for those who take advantage of people who are good.Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration ,or respect for the incompetent. Wealth and the desire the accumalate it is at the expense of others. One does not profit in the stock market without someone else conversely loosing money. Big companies drive small companies out of business not because they were smarter or better thinking people. Big corporation drive small companies out of business by side deals with politicians that take cash for less taxes or breaks in zoning that smaller business do not get.

Of course it does. When too much money comes into hands, a man starts spending in unnecessary. Majority of the wars and battles till date were faught mainly for Money. Not only that, the corruption in a country also happens when a man sees money more than required, he forgets his moral duties and responsibilities. So, we should possess money whatever is required not excess or there is a danger of our minds also getting corrupted.