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five rupees, give without any expectations.
If there is a man who donates one hundred thousand
rupees to charity and wants his donation commemorated with
a plaque and another man who gives one rupee but he gives
anonymously, then the donation of the latter is of much greater
value. The amount of donation is irrelevant. By having plaques
displayed, people zero out their ‘balance sheet’; whatever they
give in donation, they exchange with a reward of a plaque and
recognition. The one who donated even one rupee keeps his
balance because he gives anonymously.
Questioner : What should I do if a lot of money comes
my way, more than my needs, due to my merit karma?
Dadashri : Then spend it. Do not keep much for your
children. You can spend the money to educate them, to teach
them and once everything is done and they become employed,
then you should not keep much money. Keep some aside in the
bank, some ten or twenty thousand which you can give to them
should they come across some difficulty. But you should not tell
them that you have set this money aside for them, otherwise
they will encounter difficulty even when they are not supposed to.
A man once asked me: ‘Should we not give anything to
the children?’ I told him that he should give to his children
whatever his father gave to him. We should give it all to the
children and the remaining difference is ours and we should
spend it on a charity of our preference.
Questioner : As a lawyer I can share this with you
Dada. The law mandates that whatever property one inherits,
he must pass it on to his children and whatever he makes on his
own he is free to spend according to his will.