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EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY MUST BE ENGAGED IN THE RIGHT TASK
The first method mentioned by the author is this:
तस्य यथोचित विनियोग : (Every member of the family must be engaged to carry out the task proper to him or her.) Tasks are of two kinds : namely,
(1) The tasks relating to the dharma and (2) The tasks relating to practical and worldly life.
The members must be engaged in such activities as give them delight; therefore you must take into consideration, the likes and dislikes of every member of your family. You must find out what kind of work each member likes to do and accordingly you must encourage the person to do that work which she or he likes to do. You must give encouragement and guidance to the members of your family in carrying out their tasks whether they are spiritual activities or mundane activities. If the members of your family do not like to do any such work they will become vagabonds, idlers or gamblers. Many other evils may creep into their lives. At present, there are many wealthy families in which the members who are not engaged in healthy activities engage themselves in harmful and evil activities.
1. From the Audience : We advise our sons and daughters to engage themselves in healthy activities but they do not care for our advice. Let alone spiritual activities, they do not even carry out worldly and mundane activities.
Maharajashri : Have your sons and daughters been indifferent thus from their childhood ? Who is responsible for their lack of discipline? Who allowed them to behave as they wish to? If parents have noble aspirations in respect of their children and if their minds are pure they would take interest in guiding and educating their children in the pursuit of the
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