user-1: I am in very dilemma- When I am inactive or lazy I meditate well, read good religious books etc. But whenever I come into action like studies or useful work I become very material & also get desires to earn a lot of money, respect or other material desires by which I stop doing meditate & completely become indulgent. Can anyone tell me the way to be active & meditator simultaneously. In this current globalized & dynamic world it is huge requirement to be active but that activity makes me material & forget to work for this birth to cross Sansara or Dukkha. So how can I be active & aspirant to dissolve Dukkha/future births simultaneously?

user11009: What really matters for a lay person as per Buddhist teaching is whether you are at least a Sotapanna which assures you the enlightenment withing seven births. As far as you have the right livelyhood you do not have to worry being materialistic and being rich.

user10802: Sometimes during meditation, a noisy drill or something will start up from outside. Those times are great because you really get to see whether you are able to meditate or you just like the pleasure of tranquil sitting (I am not lazing! I am meditating!).
As long as the job itself conforms to right livelihood (samyag-ājīva / sammā-ājīva), it does not in of itself contradict the dharma.
It is not a problem to want to earn a lot of money. It takes a lot of smarts to be able to do so and you can do a lot of good for a lot of people with a lot of money. The answer lies in your motivation, what you want the money for. Engineers like to solve problems and make things work. Sales people genuinely like interacting with other people. You will have your own vocation.

Let a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to
  his duty.
  Dhammapada XII.166

To study, to work, to make a difference, to "light up a corner of the world", these are all admirable things. To please yourself with temporal goodies of all kinds maybe not so much, although:

He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquility, is
  quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with
  all other beings, he indeed is a Brahmana, an ascetic (sramana), a
  friar (bhikshu).
  Dhammapada X.142


-1: <p>I am in very dilemma- When I am inactive or lazy I meditate well, read good religious books etc. But whenever I come into action like studies or useful work I become very material &amp; also get desires to earn a lot of money, respect or other material desires by which I stop doing meditate &amp; completely become indulgent. Can anyone tell me the way to be active &amp; meditator simultaneously. In this current globalized &amp; dynamic world it is huge requirement to be active but that activity makes me material &amp; forget to work for this birth to cross Sansara or Dukkha. So how can I be active &amp; aspirant to dissolve Dukkha/future births simultaneously?</p>
 11009: <p>What really matters for a lay person as per Buddhist teaching is whether you are at least a Sotapanna which assures you the enlightenment withing seven births. As far as you have the right livelyhood you do not have to worry being materialistic and being rich.</p>
 10802: <p>Sometimes during meditation, a noisy drill or something will start up from outside. Those times are great because you really get to see whether you are able to meditate or you just like the pleasure of tranquil sitting (I am not lazing! I am meditating!).</p>

<p>As long as the job itself conforms to right livelihood (samyag-ājīva / sammā-ājīva), it does not in of itself contradict the dharma.</p>

<p>It is not a problem to want to earn a lot of money. It takes a lot of smarts to be able to do so and you can do a lot of good for a lot of people with a lot of money. The answer lies in your motivation, what you want the money for. Engineers like to solve problems and make things work. Sales people genuinely like interacting with other people. You will have your own vocation.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Let a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to
  his duty.<br>
  Dhammapada XII.166</p>
</blockquote>

<p>To study, to work, to make a difference, to "light up a corner of the world", these are all admirable things. To please yourself with temporal goodies of all kinds maybe not so much, although:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquility, is
  quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with
  all other beings, he indeed is a Brahmana, an ascetic (sramana), a
  friar (bhikshu).<br>
  Dhammapada X.142</p>
</blockquote>
