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Generation Gap
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.
Questioner : Children do not get enough sleep because
they watch TV late in the night.
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)
This young boy ogles at his reflection in the mirror and goes
on admiring himself in his new pants. Who is he trying to impress?
No one has the time to look at him; people are preoccupied with
their own problems and worries.
(P.144)
If you were to ask every generation whether their elders
constantly nagged them, they would say that they did. The cycle
repeats itself. Children are not ready to accept our old fashioned
ways of thinking and that is why we have problems. I tell parents
to become modern in their thoughts. How is it possible? It is not
easy to become modern.
(P.149)
Nowadays the generation is broad-minded. It is not like
the narrow-minded, petty and superstitious generations that
preceded it. In previous ages, Brahmins did not mingle with people
of an inferior caste. They treated other castes with contempt. In
comparison, this generation is open and receptive and healthy-
minded.