Aparigraha / non-possession

Aparigraha or non-possession involves consideration for others. It, therefore, requires one to limit one’s needs to the bare minimum. Gandhiji says: “In India we have got three millions of people having to be satisfied with one meal a day, and that meal consisting of a chapatti containing no fat in it, and a pinch of salt. You and I have no right to anything that we really have until these three millions are clothed and fed better. You and I, who ought to know better, must adjust our wants, and even undergo voluntary starvation in order that they may be nursed, fed and clothed.”