It is only without money that Baba's real work can be done. Why " propaganda"? The word makes me look down. What will you tell people? Suppose you have a lot of money; how will you propagate my cause? Ages ago my work was done without money, absolutely. As soon as the question of money appeared, Judas sold me [out].1 I will now make my points clear. I know K.D.R.M. are not dishonest. Kutumba about money is very cautious. I know that. Dhanapathy has some money with him. Ranga Rao has no money; Mallik the same. So it is natural that they think that for Baba's work they must have money. But to depend upon money for Baba's work and to extract money from others by hook or crook for Baba's work is absolute dishonesty from my point of view.
Now I will tell you about money and what I think about it. From the day I kept silence, I stopped writing. I even stopped touching money. But from that day until today, you have no idea how much money has passed through my hands. About one crore [10,000,000 rupees]! Yet I have no money. I am a fakir. Money passes by me. It comes and goes. But if you depend upon money for my work, then do not work for me, because how will you get money? Let us be very practical.
At this, Kutumba Sastri remarked, "I feel it is the life we lead that is important."
Appreciating his observation, Baba continued:
Very good. Live such a life which makes others love me. Show them that you love me. To ask people to give you money and then in return you propagate Baba, how does it sound? So I think that unless you have anything else to suggest, the four of you stop what you call "Baba-work" and live the life of love, and by your living, let others come to me. Even if we reach a compromise, then again there will be dishonesty. Katta Subba Rao will say: "I am not a fool. I can do Baba's work independently. Who are K.D.R.M.?" The Kovvur people will say: "We are capable of spreading Baba's love. Why must we be dominated by K.D.R.M.?" And so forth, with others.
Remember, in my 60 years of life in this [physical] form, it is the first time that I have attended such a meeting, where I discussed the details.
Footnotes
- 1.Judas betrayed Jesus by selling secret information about him to the Pharisees for 30 pieces of silver. That information was used to arrest and convict Jesus of insurrection, which led to his eventual torture and crucifixion.