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Money
Once I met a wealthy man. He was a millionaire. He was
fifteen years older than I but he would sit next to me. I asked
him how was it that his children wore shirts and pants, but he
wore a dhoti, which barely covered his knees! He looked half
naked even when going to the temple! In such a short dhoti, it
appeared as if he was draped in a loincloth, wearing a short
sleeve shirt and a white cap rushing to the temple to do darshan.
I told him it appeared to me that he was going to take all his
wealth with him when he dies. He told me it was not possible
to do such a thing. I told him we the Patels are not as clever
as the Jains and that possibly the Jains must have found a way
to do so. He told me no one could take anything with him or
her when they die. When I told his son about our conversation,
his son exclaimed it was a good thing no one could do so
otherwise his dad would take out a loan of three million rupees
and leave the debt for him to repay. He told me his dad is so
shrewd that it would ruin him.
Questioner : Many big businessmen of Bombay
accumulate money taken under the table, what effect will this
bring on them?
Dadashri : It binds karmas. Both the black money and
the white money bind karmas. Good money or bad money, all
money binds karma. Karmas are being bound constantly. Until
a person attains Self-realization, he or she continues to bind
karmas. With black money, one binds bad karma and will spend
a life in the animal kingdom.
Questioner : Why are people who run after money never
satisfied?
Dadashri : If you tell someone to be content, he will
retort and say the same thing to you and even ask why you are