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Noble Use of Money
earn enormous amounts of money, but that money goes to waste.
It is only at the hands of those with a lot of merit karma, that
money will be spent towards a good cause. It is great merit
karma (punya) indeed when money is spent for a good cause.
After 1942, money has not been of any quality. Nowadays
money is not used for the right cause. It would be very good
if it were.
Money Would Last For Seven Generations
Questioner: In India money lasts for several generations,
whereas here in America it lasts at the most, six to eight years
and then is depleted. Often a person who has the money will
lose it and the one who has none will gain some. What is the
reason behind this?
Dadashri: The merit karmas of people in India are so
sticky that no matter how hard a person tries to get rid of his
money, he will not succeed. Similarly, the demerit karmas are
also very sticky, therefore making prosperity very hard to come
by. Whether a person is a Vaishnav or a Jain, his merit karmas
are so tightly bound that he cannot get rid of money even if he
wants to.
There was a very wealthy and famous man from Petlad,
named Ramanlal. Wealth had been passed down through his
family for seven generations. The family was extremely generous
and regularly donated large amounts of money, yet they never
ran short. He had bound very tight merit karmas. People can
also bind demerit karmas (paap) in the same way and
consequently suffer intense poverty for generations to come.
They suffer endless miseries. Therefore, the karmas that one
binds can also vary in intensity.
In America, wealth fluctuates rapidly, whereas in India the
cycle of fluctuation is slower and wealth lasts for several
generations. Nowadays however, people do not have such