Science of Money

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

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Science of Money poor or should we pray to god? Or give to charity? What should we do?
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Dadashri: If you want peace of mind then you should give what you have to others. Tomorrow bring a bucket of ice cream and feed everyone and tell me about the happiness you feel at the time. These pigeons jump with joy even before you throw the grains to them and when you throw the grains to them, you are giving away something of yours, at the time observe the joy you feel within. If a person falls down and breaks his leg and is bleeding and you tear off a piece of your dhoti to make a bandage for him, you will feel tremendous joy within. (96)
How are the boys and girls of today able to get married? It is like this: parents will spend more money for the daughters; the daughters bring with them account from their past life which makes the parents save the money aside for them. But the father proudly boasts, 'In those days I spent seventy thousand rupees for my daughter's marriage!' Now what has he really done, when in the first place it was the daughter's money that was in the bank all along? He merely has the 'power of attorney'. What if the daughter only brought forward in her account the sum of three thousand rupees? He will remain quiet in her wedding; keep a low profile in everything, including his business. The daughter will get married using only the three thousand because that was all that she had brought with her in her account.
The money really belongs to the children. All we do is save and deposit the money in the bank for them; only the management of their money is in our hands.(99)
Many people say they will pay back their debts by hook or by crook. That is sheer egoism. All you have to do is maintain an unwavering internal resolve that you want to return the money
Science of Money
you borrowed, and you will be able to do so. I have observed that people, who take money only after making the decision that they want to repay it, have ideal worldly interactions. Surely there must be some firm decision from the very beginning and if an accident were to occur afterwards, that is a different matter but there must be some intention to begin with. Everything is a puzzle, is it not? (100)
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If you ask a businessman why he is troubled and unhappy, he will tell you 'what else?? He will tell you he has to take care of three businesses at a time. Whether a person has one, two or three businesses, at the time of death the only thing that will accompany him will be four coconuts and dried up ones at that too! 'I have to take care of three shops at a time. One is in Bhuleshwar, one in Fort and in this third shop here we sell cloth'. But even with three shops, if you look at his face, it appears as if he just drank some castor oil. He is preoccupied with his shops even when he is dining. Even in his sleep he is measuring the bales of cloth material. That will be his balance sheet at the time of his death. So beware!
How much thought should you give to your business? You should think about your business as long as your thoughts remain manageable. The moment they start to get out of control and make you worry you should stop. Otherwise they will destroy you and take you to your doom; in your next life you will find yourself with four legs and a tail! Do you understand? (103)
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The Right Understanding Of Business
The purpose of being born in India as a human is for the attainment of liberation. Our lives are meant solely for this purpose. If you maintain only this as your goal, then whatever you achieve