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Noble Use of Money
Violence In Business Practices
Questioner: Is it considered violence (hinsa) if a
businessman makes a lot of profit but does not give adequate
compensation to his workers, or if he himself makes money
without working?
Dadashri: That is all a practice of violence.
Questioner: If a person accumulates wealth in this way
and spends it towards religion, what kind of violence is that?
Dadashri: Whatever he gives towards religion, whatever
he sacrifices, will lessen his liability by that much. If he were to
make one hundred thousand rupees and give eighty thousand
towards the construction of a hospital, then he would no longer
be responsible for that amount. He would only be liable for
twenty thousand rupees.
Questioner: Is it violence when one hoards money?
Dadashri: That is considered violence. To hoard is
violence because others are deprived of their share.
It Goes, The Way It Came…
Everything carries on in the name of God and religion!
Questioner: When a person gives charity, he gives in
good faith, but how does he know whether the person in charge
is carrying out his responsibility?
Dadashri: If your money is not good, then it will go
towards a bad cause. Honest money will go towards a good
cause and dishonest money will go towards a bad cause!
Stealing Large Amounts and Making Token Donations
Questioner: Many people say that by giving charity, one
becomes a deva (celestial being). Is that true?