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THE WAY OF LIPE
and you will be the trustee of it. Some members of your families also can be trustees. There is another arrangement also for spending money properly.
"आयादुर्द्ध नियुंजीत धर्मे समधिकं ततः ।
शेषेण शेषं कुर्वीत यत्नतस्तुच्छमैहिकम् ॥" "You must divide your income into two parts; you must spend one part for spiritual activities and the other for your worldly needs and necessities. But the share set aside for spiritual purposes must be a little larger than the other".
Even this arrangement is good. You have to divide your income into two parts; one must be a little larger than the other. You must spend the larger part for noble purposes and the smaller part to satisfy your worldly necessities. If you do not want to spend more upon spiritual activities, divide your income into two equal parts. This is all right; is it not ? But whatever you spend you must spend according to your income. Your expenditure should not exceed your income. If your expenditure exceeds your income, you have to experience severe calamities including death. This is the eleventh ordinary principle of the grihastadharma. My aspiration is that you should live according to this principle.
This is enough for to-day.
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