Generation Gap

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

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Questioner: Will we not stop watching television when our time to enter spirituality comes?
You should tell your child to do pratikraman. He must be taught to apologize and repent for his actions and he should tell you how many pratikramans he does. This is the only way he is likely to improve. Make your child promise that he will not steal again. Keep explaining to your child from time to time so that he can come to understand. In his next life he will not steal because in this life he has accepted that it is wrong to steal. The act of stealing in this life is an effect from his previous life, which will come to an end, and no new accounts will be created because of his present understanding. (P.136)
Dadashri: Lord Krishna has said this very thing in the Gita; that humans waste time unnecessarily. It is not considered a waste of time if one has to work for a living. But until you attain the true knowledge, this false knowledge will not leave you.
This young boy confesses all his mistakes to me. He even admits to stealing. People only confess to someone with extraordinary qualities and nobility. Tremendous changes will take place in India through this process of pratikraman.
Why do people smear their bodies with 'foul smelling mud' of these cinemas? It is to give them relief from their burning pain. The television and cinema are nothing but foul smelling mud. Nothing of value can be achieved from it. I do not have any objections with the television. You are free to watch anything, but if your favorite show were going on at the same time as a satsang, which would you prefer? If you had to take an examination at the same time as a luncheon invitation, what would you do? That is how you should look at the situation.
(8) A NEW GENERATION WITH HEALTHY MINDS
Dadashri: Every Sunday a satsang is held near your home. Why do you not attend it?
Questioner: Children do not get enough sleep because they watch TV late in the night.
Questioner: Every Sunday we watch TV, Dada.
Dadashri: What connection do you have with your TV? Even though your eyesight is bad and you have glasses, you still watch TV? In our country there is no need for TV or the theatre, because all the drama takes place right here in the streets
Dadashri: You are the one who bought it for them so why would they not watch it? You have allowed them to become spoilt. You added a problem where there was none. (P.142)