Noble Use of Money

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Noble Use of Money
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quickly. It is all bad wealth. If it were good, it would be spent towards a worthwhile cause.
At the moment the wealth of this world is going down the drain. All of people's earnings are going down the drain because they spend it for their own amusement. Not a single rupee is being spent on the right path. And when a person donates money to colleges or schools, it is to boost his or her ego. If money is spent without egoism, then it is good. But the charity people give, supports their ego only through the recognition and prestige they receive. However, this fame and prestige has its consequences. What happens when that recognition turns into slander and defamation? They suffer in agony. Instead it is better not to have any expectation of fame. Fame leads to defamation. The one who has no expectations of recognition will not have to face defamation.
Use It On The Right Path Money comes and goes. At certain time you will have a lot of it and at other times it will be depleted, so do not wait in supporting a good cause. Spend it on a good cause; otherwise it will go down the drain. People waste millions of rupees for their own comfort. They now regret this and they agree with me that their money has gone down the drain. They should have been cautious from the start. From now on they should be cautious, Money is bound to come their way again. It will come and go; there will be a period of good times and bad times. If you spend the money for a good cause, it will be to your benefit. That is the only thing that will come with you.
You earn so much but where does it all go? Down the drain!!! Have you made any donations? You might say in your defense that you cannot give because you have none to give. So where did your money go? Who ploughs the land and who reaps the crops? Money does not belong to those who earn it, it belongs to those who to those who spend it. So whatever new
*overdrafts' (donations) you send to the next life), that much will be yours.
Charity Means To Reap What You Have Sown
Questioner: When there is no connection between charity and the Soul, is it then necessary to give charity?
Dadashri: Charity means to give and then receive. This world is in the form of an echo. There will be echoes of whatever you do and it will return to you with interest. Therefore if you give, you will receive. In this life you are reaping the benefits of whatever you gave towards a good cause in your past life. If you do not do the same in this life, it will all be wasted. What happens if you use up all the wheat you harvest and do not sow anymore?
Questioner: There would be no more crops.
Dadashri: That is precisely how everything is. Give to charity. It will create an echo, which will return to you amplified. It is because you gave in your past life, that you are able to come to America, to a better life. Otherwise do you think it is easy to come to America? It is because you have a lot of merit karmas that you are even able to fly in a plane. There are a lot of people who have never even seen a plane!
Wealth Returns to the Same Place
Dadashri: Was your household not wealthy once?
Questioner: Such were the merits (punyas) of the past karmas!
Dadashri: Wealth comes to those who have helped others in their past life. It does not come to those who desire to take away from others, and if it does come, it will not stay. Wealth will only come to those who wish to give to others, to those who go out of their way to help others, to those who let others