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would bow to me because never before had such a person
entered it. There is neither temptation nor rejection. There is
neither attachment nor abhorrence. Just the pure vitarag, the
unattached One, stands in front of you.
One mahatma, asked me whether he should continue
investing in the stock market or stop. I told him to stop. I told
him to take out whatever money he made so far, but he should
now stop. Otherwise it would make no difference in him coming
over to America. He would find himself where he was before.
He would have to return home with a blank slate.
One starts making money by lending money with interest.
One who does so is worse than Muslim in matters of money.
A real Muslim never charges interest. There is no need to charge
interest because there is no value to the interest. Only God
knows what happens to a man who charges interest. It is fine
if you keep your money in the bank or if you loan it at reasonable
interest to someone, but when you become preoccupied with
the greed of eighteen to twenty four percent interest, there is no
telling what will become of you. Such is the state of people in.
There is no harm in charging reasonable interest but people
have made a business of charging interest. Their entire business
is based on charging interest. What should you do instead?
Whoever you lend the money to, tell them they will have to pay
you interest at the same rate as the bank. However, if that
person has absolutely no money at all, no capital or interest to
pay, then you should remain silent. You should not do anything
that would hurt him. Here you should just take it for granted
that you have lost your money. What would you do if your
money fell in the ocean?
Questioner : If the government imposes above normal