Karachi,
12/3/1940.
Dear Bhai,
I came to know that you have interest and liking for the following items ;
1) Orderly arrangement in home.
2) Cleanliness.
3) Perseverance and precision -- even in the smallest aspect of life.
4) Keeping accurate account of money at home.
5) Frugality in both, money and time.
There is nothing wrong with these interests. But you should be prepared to carry on, even if you have to live in opposite situations without loosing the composure of your mind. This composure ( quietude ) should be maintained in order and disorder both. Same should be for cleanliness. You should be prepared to maintain this composure of the mind even if you have to live in a filthy place.
Need for non-insistence ( absence of stubbornness ) in your nature
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Exactness and accuracy in accounts is good but not to the extent of being a stickler. Keeping account of money and frugality is good. But you should be mindful and should not have any uneasiness in your mind spending some money at times ( even if you think it is not necessary or unwarranted ). Do not insist that things have to be done in certain way. You have to train your mind to keep it's balance and peace, even if at times things happen in a different way.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pagaran ( જીવન પગરણ )
Edition 3; pages 95-96.
12/3/1940.
Dear Bhai,
I came to know that you have interest and liking for the following items ;
1) Orderly arrangement in home.
2) Cleanliness.
3) Perseverance and precision -- even in the smallest aspect of life.
4) Keeping accurate account of money at home.
5) Frugality in both, money and time.
There is nothing wrong with these interests. But you should be prepared to carry on, even if you have to live in opposite situations without loosing the composure of your mind. This composure ( quietude ) should be maintained in order and disorder both. Same should be for cleanliness. You should be prepared to maintain this composure of the mind even if you have to live in a filthy place.
Need for non-insistence ( absence of stubbornness ) in your nature
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Exactness and accuracy in accounts is good but not to the extent of being a stickler. Keeping account of money and frugality is good. But you should be mindful and should not have any uneasiness in your mind spending some money at times ( even if you think it is not necessary or unwarranted ). Do not insist that things have to be done in certain way. You have to train your mind to keep it's balance and peace, even if at times things happen in a different way.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pagaran ( જીવન પગરણ )
Edition 3; pages 95-96.
