Noble Use of Money 5
punyas. A person can only be born into a wealthy family if he or she has the same amount of punyas as the head of the family. It is not the punyas of the head of a family but the punyas of the proceeding generation that keeps the family wealth intact. Who can be born into the famous household of Kasturbhai? It is only the one with same kind of punyas as his. Where can one find such fortunate people with such merit karmas, nowadays? There have been few with such punyas in the last twenty-five years.
Otherwise It Runs Down The Drain
In the past, money would last for at least three to five generations. Nowadays it does not even last for one generation. It comes and goes in a person’ s lifetime. What kind of money is this? It is money which comes as a result of past merit karma but creates new demerit karma( paapanubandhi punya). There is still some money which comes as a result of merit karma and also causes new merit karmas( punyanubandhi punya). Such money inspires you to come here to satsang. It brings you here and makes you spend that money for spiritual and other worthy causes. That money will go to a worthy cause; otherwise everything will be lost without any gain. Everything will go down the drain.
Your children are enjoying your money but if you were to tell them this, they will tell you that they are enjoying their money, so how can it be considered yours? When they tell you this, it means that everything has gone down the drain!
Invest All Excess Money In Charity
People perpetuate the worldly ways by doing what the world is doing. A Gnani would ask,“ Why are you jumping in this hole( life after life of misery) that wastes your hard earned money?” People climb out of a hole full of misery and fall into a hole full of money. Donate whatever excess money you have,