In india, one of the forms in which you worship god is lami, who is also the goddess of wealth. One of the swamis we have is in charge of a big educational institution. He says, every day i realize that lami and sarasati go together. They are sisters. Because you need grants and donations to run big institutes. So you need luxury for sosmathy. Youv mad wealth for acknowledged. And if you don't get liberation, lots of good karma, you become a god in the next universe. That's not the point. Waros to ma varany or saeve, the only thing worth asking for is that self
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, which is one of the most popular Upanishads. The scripture concerns the story of a young man who goes to the house of death to find out what happens after death. The reply describes the nature of reality and the meaning of life.