Science of Money

SR No.: 007557
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 57
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 266 KB

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Science of Money
Science of Money
Questioner: As a lawyer I can share this with you Dada. The law mandates that whatever property one inherits, he must pass it on to his children and whatever he makes on his own he is free to spend according to his will.
Dadashri: Yes he can do whatever he wants to. He must do it himself with his own hands. The path of liberation dictates that a person should keep his own wealth separate. If he were to spend it by giving to charity, he will carry forward the benefits of this act. Even after taking this Gnan, you still have one or two more lives to come and there you will need your merit karma. Even when we go out of town, we carry some food with us, so will we not need something for the next life? (379)
Questioner: What should we do in this life in order to gain some merit karma for the next life?
Dadashri: Donate one fifth of your income in this life towards the temple of the Lord. Spend one fifth to make other people happy. This much 'overdraft' will definitely reach there. What you are enjoying in this life is the 'overdrafts' you created from your past life. The merit karma of this life will carry forward to your next. Your current earnings will be of benefit to you in the time ahead.(387)
how many spiritual centers run without money today?
A third requirement for the path of liberation is: Right vision. Do not waste your time where there are dealings with money and women. Choose your guru carefully. If he has any impurity, any interest or need for money or women, do not make him your guru. (403)
The one for whom any neediness for any worldly thing is completely gone, is the one who is worthy of every spiritual sutras, gifts of this world. But first all traces of any beggary, desire or need in a person must go-only then! There are so many types of inner needs and desires: the need for money, the need for fame, the need for sex, the need for disciples, the need to build temples; every need of any kind is nothing but beggary. But how can anyone's needs, be quenched here? (408)
In relation to these matters of worldly gurus, a man once asked me whether it is the customer or the vendor that is at fault. I told him, 'Of course it is the customer! The shop keeper can open up any business he wants to, but should the customer not be able to discriminate?'(410)
A true spiritual teacher (sant purush) will not take any money. People seek a spiritual teacher because they are unhappy and suffering and top of that the teacher swindles them of their money! It is because of these kind of so called 'sant purush' that this country of India is in ruins. A true sant purush is the one who gives his happiness to others, not take happiness from others.(411)
This association of Dada's workers is pure. I wear my own clothes; I wear my own dhoti. I have bought my clothes with the money that I myself have earned and that is why I go around looking a little scruffy. If the association were to buy my clothes, then today you can even buy dhotis for four hundred rupees can
[8] MONEY AND RELIGION
On the path of liberation, there are two things that cannot exist: Thoughts about women and thoughts about money. There is no religion where there are thoughts about women or money. It is because of people's attachment for these two that this world continues to perpetuate. So a person is mistaken if he is looking for religion or spirituality where these two exist. Having said this,