Donation and Charity
Many paths to earn punya (merit karma) have been shown in the scriptures and by spiritual teachers. One such path is daan (donation or charity)!
The practice of giving has been a part of human life since childhood. From early childhood, when parents take their little child to a temple or a place of worship, they make the child give money to the poor outside, offer food, or put coins into the donation box of the temple or shrine. In this way, the value of donating is instilled in a person right from childhood.
What is the importance of charity? What is a true donation? What inner intent should one have while donating? In what different ways can donations be made? Which is the highest form of charity? To whom and how much should one give? Various such right understanding related to donation has been shed through Param Pujya Dadashri’s Knowledge-laden speech. He has given a subtle explanation of how, when there is inner unawareness while giving, one incurs loss even after donating. This understanding has been presented here briefly, along with examples, to serve as guidance for the reader in the act of giving.
Top Questions & Answers
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Q. What is the meaning of donation? What is the importance of charity?
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Q. What are the different types of charity?
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Spiritual Quotes
- Charity means to give and then receive. There will be echoes of whatever you do and it will return to you with interest.
- When you do something auspicious or give to charity, give with the awareness and intent that others will benefit from your donation.
- When a donor gives with this unity of his mind, speech and conduct, he will receive tremendous benefits. The result of this is beyond imagination.
- Donate Anonymously.
- Donate Only The Surplus.
- Money does not belong to those who earn it, it belongs to those who to those who spend it. So whatever new 'overdrafts' (donations) you send (to the next life), that much will be yours.
- Charity (Daan) means to make another living being happy, whether it is a human being or some animals, giving happiness to them, that is what is called Charity. When you give happiness to everyone, happiness will indeed come to you in its ‘reaction’. If you give happiness then you immediately receive happiness just sitting at home.
- Giving a donation is an effect (prarabdha – effect of past lives deeds), and the (illusory) self effort (cause for next life) is the inner intent that prevailed while making the donation.
- Abhaya-daan is higher than gnan-daan, but ordinary people cannot give abhaya-daan! Only the Gnanis and his followers of enlightened beings can give abhaya-daan.
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