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decide that we do not want any conflicts.” You should make a
decision that you do not want to quarrel. If quarrels occur in
spite of this decision, then realize that it is beyond your control.
If he starts to quarrel, just pull the blanket over your head and
go to sleep. After a while, he too will go to sleep. But, what
happens if you start to answer back?
The Curse of Dishonest Money
In Bombay, I asked the lady of a very reputable family
if she had quarrels in her home. She replied, “We have quarrels
for breakfast every morning.” I said, “Then you must be saving
money on food!” She replied, “No, we still have to eat
breakfast.” Therefore, they quarrel and have breakfast. What
kind of creatures are these people of today?
Questioner : Does the quarreling have anything to do
with the kind of money people have?
Dadashri : That is the very cause. If the money is pure,
the mind will always remain pure. The wealth that has entered
the home has been acquired through dish onest means and that
is why it creates quarrels. That is why I had decided from a
very young age that if possible, I did not want any illicit money
entering my home and if it did under certain circumstances, then
it should be left in the business and should not enter the home
at all. It has been sixty-six years and not a single penny of illicit
money, has entered my home and never has a conflict arisen in
the home. From the very beginning, we had decided that we
would run the household within a certain budget. The business
may make a profit of thousands of rupees but how much money
would A. M. Patel make if he were to work for someone else?
At the most, he would earn six hundred to seven hundred
rupees a month. Success in business depends on the merit
karma. Our spending was limited to the amount of salary I
would have earned as an employee and the rest of the money