A wealthy acquaintance of Calcutta came to meet the spiritual figure Shri Hanumanprasad Poddar. He said, 'When I go to a pilgrimage, I must donate.' He also showed a newspaper in which his picture was printed while donating clothes to someone.
Poddarji said, 'You have made your charity fruitless in a single day, whereas the virtue of charity is received for a long time. It is said in the scriptures that one who donates with the desire of praise or some kind of revenge, he can never get its virtuous fruit.
He paused for a few moments and said, 'It is said in the Padma Purana that man gets wealth and wealth by the grace of God, so it should be used cautiously in the upkeep of one's family.
A large part of it should be used for religious works like yagya etc. and in service to the needy people. Donation should be done assuming that God's things are being offered to God.
If one donates in ego to reveal himself to be a great virtuous soul, then he becomes a partaker of sin instead of virtue. ’ Poddarji says, ‘The person who helps in selfless service, the Lord has a mercy-seeing on him.
The man who performs service out of lust, must pretend. That is why it has been said that while donating to someone with one hand, the other hand should not even know about it. Gupt donation is considered to be the best charity in the scriptures.
author - akio__saksham
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