50% Of Income towards KC ?

[Govindaram 1]

 

Hare Krsna

 

In Bhagavatam is says devotees should give at least 50% of earnings to Krsna Service, is this done? In this Age is it possible also.. how can it be possible with minimum wage people? Anyone know? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Kulapavana 0]

but if you can only use 10% of your income for Krishna right now, that is very good too. it is not "all or nothing"

[Govindaram 1]

 

 

It would be easy for us all devotees if we lived in farm community, oh sorry thats Goloka lol.

 

Ps how do you like my signature? I could't render anything pro, but I think it looks good. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Kulapavana 0]

your signature looks great! vedabase Rules! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Govindaram 1]

 

Here is your present!

 

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[vijay 0]

Even 50% after all your expences would be surrender, Ive also heard that giving 50% could mean looking after your dieties at home providing them good shelter and using your home as a namahata that would be more like giving everything to krishna if everything is spent with that goal then 100% is given to krishna. Theres always ways to define things so we try and keep as much for our selves, but our goal should be whatever situation we are in we try and use that for krishna.

 

If we are paying a morgage for a house then use the house for krishna if you buy food offer it to krishna and the devotees. Any surplus laxmi can be given to your local temples or projects.

 

Its all about our determination and sincerity.

 

[theist 1]

 

Its all about our determination and sincerity.

 

 

Yes. Good points. It's Krsna's service and not just the local religious body.

 

We need to ease our way past the calculating stage. "How much is Krsna's and how much is mine?" It's ALL Krsna's. That was so easy even I didn't require a calculator. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

When we stop purchasing all the world's unesscessary goodies and instead remain satisfied with the basics and use what's left in preaching or some service leaving the calculations up to Krsna we will certainly be the gainer.

 

Remember the old lady fruit vendor?

[theist 1]

One day, a fruit vendor came before the house of Nanda Mahäräja. Upon hearing the vendor call, “If anyone wants fruits please come and take them from me!” child Krsna immediately took some grains in His palm and went to get fruits in exchange. In those days exchange was by barter; therefore Krsna might have seen His parents acquire fruits and other things by bartering grains, and so He imitated. But His palms were very small, and He was not very careful to hold them tight, so He was dropping the grains. The vendor who came to sell fruits saw this and was very much captivated by the beauty of the Lord, so she immediately accepted whatever few grains were left in His palm and filled His hands with fruits. In the meantime, the vendor saw that her whole basket of fruit had become filled with jewels. The Lord is the bestower of all benediction. If someone gives something to the Lord, he is not the loser; he is the gainer by a million times.

[theist 1]

I have been looking for a picture on the web of that old lady fruit vendor and Krishna. You know she is filling Krishna's little hands with fruit and behind her is an overflowing basket of jewels.

 

You are the image master here so I appeal to you to please put it up if you got one.

 

Om Tat Sat

Thanx alot

[Guest guest]

Only a non-businessman, who knows nothing of economics, would misunderstand about giving 50% of one's income. Firstly, from gross income one must deduct the cost of product or service in order to maintain working capital. That is GROSS profit. From gross one deducts over-head/living-business expenses to arrive at NET profit. One can give 50% of their net profit to be sensible.

 

Otherwise they would "go under" in no time!

 

Y/s,

Hrsikesananda das

[Govindaram 1]

 

 

I have been looking for a picture on the web of that old lady fruit vendor and Krishna. You know she is filling Krishna's little hands with fruit and behind her is an overflowing basket of jewels.

 

 

[theist 1]

Many thanks. She is not calculating, she has just fallen for this charming little boy.

[vijay 0]

Thanks for the story I heard it years ago, it only came back to me when you told it, if only i could take the essence of that story

[theist 1]

vijay. But I am stuck on wanting to see the jewels first before I gives up the fruits.

 

The calculating mind is so miserly, petty and small.