Scriptures and religious leaders have described many ways of creating merit karmas (punya). One way is through charity (daan). The purpose of charity is to give happiness to others, by giving something that belongs to you.
Giving is taught at an early age. When a child visits a temple with his mother, he is taught to give money or food to the poor sitting outside. The parents give the child money to put in the collection box. This is how children are taught to give.
Gnani Purush, Dadashri, has explained the subtleties of how one can incur a tremendous loss if while making a donation, the proper understanding and internal awareness is not present.
It is very difficult to manage money! Therefore, it is better to earn less money instead. If a person earns ten thousand a year and gives one thousand as charity, he does not have to worry. Regardless of whether one person gives a million and another gives a thousand, it is all the same. However little it may be, it is still best to give. At least you will have diverted your money towards a good cause; otherwise managing of money is very difficult. It carries a great risk and involves a lot of suffering. It is easier to care for animals than to care for money. With animals all you have to do is tie them on a leash and you know they will still be there the next morning. Money however, is very difficult to manage. It creates problems and worries.
The verying meaning of charity is to give happiness to other living beings, humans, or animals. When you give happiness to others, the result of that will be happiness for you in return. When you give happiness to others, happiness immediately comes to you.
Whenever you give charity you feel good inside. Despite giving away your own money, you feel good because you have done something good. When you do something good, you feel good and when you do something bad, you feel bad.
Money is not something that lasts. You have to change the way it is being used. Divert it towards a good cause. Whatever is spent towards a good cause is considered ‘real money.’ Money will last in a religious household because there will not be any conflicts there. In a household where there is only money and no piety, there will only be conflicts. People earn enormous amounts of money, but that money goes to waste. People perpetuate the worldly ways by doing what the world is doing. Pujya Dadashri tells that donate whatever excess money you have, towards a charitable cause because money that is sitting in the bank will be of no benefit to you. If you donate your money you will not encounter any obstacles; if you give it to charity, it will be credited to your karmic account.
The spiritual path of akram vignan is the inmediate path to self realization founded by the enlightened master dadashri, This spiritual path offer the spiritual seeker a quick way to spiritual enlightenment in a unprecedented way that never has been offered before. Through the enlightenment ceremony of Gnan vidhi, the present enlightened master of the inmediate path to enlightenment, deepakbhai intalls the spiritual seeker in an authentic experience of self realization and soul awakening. The effects of such ceremony make the seeker experience the highest spiriritual states such as nirvikalpa samadhi, moksha, mukti and authentic soul salvation during this life span.
