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frugality enters your kitchen, it will ruin your mind and when you
have visitors, you will think, ‘The rice will be used up.’ On the
other hand, if a person is extravagant, I will tell him to practice
noble frugality.
[7] Interaction With Subordinates And
Employees
Protect the Subordinate
Questioner : Dada my boss works me very hard, he
pays me very little, and he reprimands me all the time.
Dadashri : These Indian bosses will cheat their own
wives but in the end, at the time of death he is the one who is
cheated. Some of these bosses extract heavy work from their
workers, they do not even let them have their meals peacefully;
they do not pay enough wages. When the income tax officers
cut into their profits then they will behave themselves, but these
bosses of today do not pay their share of the taxes either.
People criticize and attack their subordinates. You fools!
Why don’t you attack your boss? That is where your victory
counts! Such are the interactions of the world. The Lord has
said, “Protect those who are under you.” Those who have
followed this principle have become Gods. I used to do this
from my very childhood.
If a servant were to drop the tray of teacups, his boss will
yell at him, “What’s wrong with you? Are your hands broken?
Can’t you see?” That poor man is just a servant. In reality, the
servant does not break anything; a wrong belief makes it
appear that way. The breaker of the cups is someone else.
When the innocent servant is accused of being the culprit, he
will somehow get even, in some other life.
Questioner : So who is it that breaks the cups?
Dadashri : I disclose everything when I give Gnan.