Business Ethics and Money

Some people believe that if they work very hard, they will be able to earn a lot of money, while others think that they can earn more with the use of their intelligence. If that were in fact true, labourers would have an abundance of wealth. Moreover, if we could earn money with the use of our intelligence then the chief accountant in a firm would be wealthier than the owner themselves. In reality, money is a result of merit karma.

Nature’s law says that if you have accumulated debt, you should keep a strong intention to pay it back before you die. This means that even in such circumstances, you will be able to experience inner peace. On the other hand, if you have lent money to someone, you should do so with the awareness that you have folded all that money in a bundle of black cloth and thrown it in the ocean. What hopes do you have of retrieving something once you throw it in the ocean? Therefore, give without any expectations of any kind, otherwise do not give. If they do not return your money, they do not escape from the court of nature. They will have to pay back the interest as per nature’s law, even after two or three hundred years.

Param Pujya Dadashri says that, “Religion must exist in business but business must never exist in religion”. One should conduct business honestly and ethically by applying ethical business practices because ethics are the essence of all worldly interactions.

He has given the right understanding on how to deal with money and how to conduct an ethical business in the book “The Science of Money”, which will be helpful to readers in solving their puzzles.

Money comes and goes as a Result of Karmas

Money and prosperity comes or stays in our life based on our karmic accounts. May money be less or more, one can remain happy and satisfied in life on attainment of Self Realization.

Spiritual Quotes

People live for two reasons. There are those who live for the Soul; such people are very rare. All others live for money. All day is spent for money, money, money!
Dishonesty is the Best Foolishness. There has to be a limit to foolishness, do you not think so?
Ethical practice! The flow of money may increase or decrease. Never become unethical.
Where there is contempt/scornful rejection and slander, there wealth will not remain.
For how long does one have obstacles in earning money? As long as he has the desire to earn it. The moment there is disinterest towards money, it will come in abundance.
Do not obstruct money if it comes your way and do not go digging for it if it does not.
What is the natural law of money ? It says "Do no detain and hoard me. Circulate me. Give away as much as comes your way."
Wealth comes your way when you give help to others, not otherwise. Wealth comes to those who have the desire to give.
If the money is pure and right, then you will be always at peace and your life will be good.
This human life is meant for liberation from anxieties; it is not just for making money.
To misuse wealth is a great fault.
When will money not come to one? It is when he speaks ill of others and scandalizes. Money will come to the one who has purity of mind, body and speech.
Whether you conduct your business in an underhand way or in a proper way, the same profit will be gained. However, the deceitfulness is giving rise to a liability for you in the next life. That is why the Lord has forbidden deceitfulness. There’s no benefit to it, just endless loss to be incurred!
In business, do not take anything that does not rightfully belong to you. The day you end up taking anything that is not rightfully yours, from that day your business will not prosper.
One needs to have tremendous courage to do business. If courage is lost, then the businesss will fail.
God does not interfere in business at all. In business, only these two will be helpful: your expertise and your ethical standards. With unethical standards, you may get a good return for a year or two, but after that you will incur a loss. If you eventually feel remorse when something wrong happens, even then you will become free (from bondage of karma).
Money is ‘limited’ and people’s demands are ‘unlimited’.
Business has two ‘children’. One is called ‘loss’ and the other ‘profit’. No one likes the one called ‘loss’, but both are indeed there. They are born together.

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