Noble Use of Money

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Noble Use of Money
Questioner: Liberation comes faster.
Dadashri: Yes, these people go to moksha. They will achieve absolute knowledge (Keval Gnan). Only the Kshatriyas can become Tirthankaras. The Banias admit to me that we are indeed Kshatriyas. This is a very deep science. The Banias are thinkers; they only act after thoroughly thinking things through. The Kshatriyas tend to act before they think through, and they regret their actions also. The regrets are less for the Banias.
Rewards Used Up In A Commemorative Plaque
A person donates one hundred thousand rupees and has his name engraved on a commemorative plaque. Another person gives only one rupee, but he does so anonymously. The anonymous donation is far more valuable, because he has not received any recognition in return, whereas the other man used up all his rewards by having his name displayed for all to see. In his case he gave and he immediately received in return, whereas the anonymous person's reward is still pending. If you give me a hundred-rupee note, and I give you back in change, then I do not need to give you anything more, nor is there anything left for you to receive. The transaction is complete.
I have visited many temples and other places, where the walls are covered with such plaques! What is the value of such plaques? Their only purpose is fame for the individual donor. And where countless such plaques are to be found, there no one bothers to read them! If there was only one such plaque in a temple, people will have time to read, but what happens when there are walls and walls of such plaques? Despite this, people insist on having a plaque in their name. That is all they care about.
Buying Their Name For Fame
Questioner: There is no point in giving without any understanding.
Noble Use of Money
Dadashri: No, people would not give without the understanding. They are very shrewd. They will only do what is good for them.
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Questioner: People give without understanding religion; they give to have their name on the wall, they give for fame.
Dadashri: This was never the case before. It is only because of the current time cycle of Kaliyug (a time cycle of destruction) that people have begun to buy fame by selling their name; they make donations for fame. In the past there was no such thing. In the past, people would just keep giving. God called them shresti. They used to be called shresti, but today they are called sheth.
Keep Having Pure Bhaav!
Questioner: I have a desire to donate everything, but it does not materialize.
Dadashri: You cannot just give. It is not easy to give! It is difficult to make a donation, but nevertheless you should at least have the intention to give. It is not under your control to donate money towards a good cause. You can have the intention to give, but you will not be able to give. The reward of your intention, however, will come in the next life. How can these 'tops' (Dada's term for humans. The winding of the string around the top is the charging of karmas in the previous life and as the top is released, the spinning represents the discharge of karmas in the current life) give donation? Furthermore, when they do give, it is because vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidences that come together to give effect of past karma) makes them. They would not be able to give if vyavasthit did not make them. The vitragas are not concerned with giving or taking of anything. They remain the pure knower and seer.
When a person makes a donation or does any other good deeds, his internal belief of, "I am making the donation,"