Generation Gap

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Questioner: Dada, please give us your blessings so that we may lead a peaceful and a happy family life.
entire world. He just needs the right guidance and support. Without such guidance the youth has turned selfish and has a very self-centered view of life. They will prey on others for their own worldly comfort and happiness. He who renounces his own happiness can make others happy.
Dadashri: Your children will become good and virtuous from observing you. Children's behavior has degenerated through observing their parents' behavior. Parents behave inappropriately in the presence of their children. They often make suggestive gestures in front of them, so naturally the children become spoilt. What kind of impression will the children receive? There should be some restraint in your behavior. Just observe the effect fire has on a child. Even the child respects the boundaries of a fire.
Nowadays, the minds of parents have become fractured and restless and their speech has become careless and hurtful, which is why the children have become bad. Even husband and wife use hurtful language towards each other. What is the role of a good parent? They should mold their child in such a way that by age of fifteen, all the good moral values are instilled in them.
There was a wealthy businessman who was preoccupied with making money so I asked him, 'Seth you are so busy making money, do you realize that your household is in ruin? Your daughters and sons are running around and so is your wife. You have been robbed from all directions.' He then asked me, 'What should I do?' I told him, you have to understand and know how to live life. Don't make money your only pursuit in life. Take care of your health otherwise you will have a heart attack. Be attentive of your health, your money, to a moral upbringing of your daughters; you have to clean all the corners of your home. If you keep cleaning only one corner in the house, what about all the dirt and dust that collects in other corners? You have to clean all the corners.' How can you live life this way? So maintain good interactions with your children. Instill good moral values in them. If you have to suffer in the process it is fine, but give them good moral values. (P.17)
Questioner: Nowadays the moral standard is declining. That is where the problem lies.
Questioner: We make every effort to improve them, but even then if they do not improve, should we as parents leave it to fate or destiny?
Dadashri: No, it is not declining; it is practically gone. But now that you have met a Gnani Purush, the fundamental moral values and virtues of good human behavior will return in your life. Every young adult has the potential power to help the
Dadashri: You make these efforts in your own way, but do