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Generation Gap
food. Enhance other people’s lives and collect all the overdrafts.
(P. 271)
I told a young man that his father had worked very hard
and had deprived himself of good clothing and luxuries to
accumulate a lot of wealth for him. He told me that I did not know
his father. He told me that his father was such a shrewd man that
if he could, he would take all his wealth and in addition borrow
millions more to take with him to his next life. When he shared this
with me I understood what I needed to learn.
(P.272)
A man and his wife, who wanted to pursue a spiritual life,
relinquished all their wealth to their only son. One should never
do this. You should never tell your son that all your wealth is his,
too early in his life. What can happen in situations like this? Initially
the son may take care of his parents but a day will come when he
will tell them to go their own way. Rather than live a life of regret,
it is better not to let go of your wealth completely.
(P.274)
If a father tells his son that he will inherit all his wealth, and
the son tells him that he has no expectations of receiving his wealth
and that he is free to use his own money as he pleases, then the
son has the certificate and has good spiritual insight.
(P.288)
SUFERRING LIFE AFTER LIFE BECAUSE OF
ATTACHMENT
Questioner : Who is to know whether our children will
still be ours when they grow up?
Dadashri : Of course , no one knows. Does anything remain
yours forever? Even your body does not remain yours. It is taken
away from you. How long can anything that does not belong to
you, remain with you?
(P.292)
Because parents have tremendous attachment for their