Noble Use of Money
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Dadashri: No, people would not give without the
understanding. They are very shrewd. They will only do what is
good for them.
Questioner: People give without understanding religion;
they give to have their name on the wall, they give for fame.
Dadashri: This was never the case before. It is only
because of the current time cycle of Kaliyug (a time cycle of
destruction) that people have begun to buy fame by selling their
name; they make donations for fame. In the past there was no
such thing. In the past, people would just keep giving. God
called them shresti. They used to be called shresti, but today
they are called sheth.
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Questioner: I have a desire to donate everything, but it
does not materialize.
Dadashri: You cannot just give. It is not easy to give! It
is difficult to make a donation, but nevertheless you should at
least have the intention to give. It is not under your control to
donate money towards a good cause. You can have the intention
to give, but you will not be able to give. The reward of your
intention, however, will come in the next life. How can these
‘tops’ (Dada’s term for humans. The winding of the string around
the top is the charging of karmas in the previous life and as the
top is released, the spinning represents the discharge of karmas
in the current life) give donation? Furthermore, when they do
give, it is because vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidences
that come together to give effect of past karma) makes them.
They would not be able to give if vyavasthit did not make
them. The vitragas are not concerned with giving or taking of
anything. They remain the pure knower and seer.
When a person makes a donation or does any other
good deeds, his internal belief of, “I am making the donation,”