36 Money
give what you have to others. Tomorrow bring a bucket of ice cream and feed everyone and tell me about the happiness you feel at the time. These pigeons jump with joy even before you throw the grains to them and when you throw the grains to them, you are giving away something of yours, at the time observe the joy you feel within. If a person falls down and breaks his leg and is bleeding and you tear off a piece of your dhoti to make a bandage for him, you will feel tremendous joy within.
How are the boys and girls of today able to get married? It is like this: parents will spend more money for the daughters; the daughters bring with them account from their past life which makes the parents save the money aside for them. But the father proudly boasts,‘ In those days I spent seventy thousand rupees for my daughter’ s marriage!’ Now what has he really done, when in the first place it was the daughter’ s money that was in the bank all along? He merely has the‘ power of attorney’. What if the daughter only brought forward in her account the sum of three thousand rupees? He will remain quiet in her wedding; keep a low profile in everything, including his business. The daughter will get married using only the three thousand because that was all that she had brought with her in her account.
The money really belongs to the children. All we do is save and deposit the money in the bank for them; only the management of their money is in our hands.
Many people say they will pay back their debts by hook or by crook. That is sheer egoism. All you have to do is maintain an unwavering internal resolve that you want to return the money you borrowed, and you will be able to do so. I have observed that people, who take money only after making the decision that they want to repay it, have ideal worldly interactions. Surely