MONEY & SPIRITUALITY. Artha, Dharma, Kama and Moksha are the four essential objectives or 'Purusharthas' of human existence. Two of these viz. Artha (money) and Kama (worldly desires fulfilled or nourished by the power of material adequacy) relate to the material side of our existence. The other two, Dharma (in the sense of not religion, but righteousness) and Moksha (ultimate liberation from physical, mental and spiritual suffering), relate to our spiritual side. For a Grihastha (householders like you and me), all four are important. If life be compared to a car, then these are like its four wheels, two on one side and two on the other. If you have some wheels bigger than the others, you obviously can't keep a balance. Thus, those who worship money and put it above everything else, or those who think that spiritual people should hate money, are both being unbalanced. By over-emphasizing or ignoring the material side, we are losing the vital balance necessary for durable peace and happiness.