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Donation of food is said to be greatest

The human race is the blessed category of the creation since the human being alone has the faculty of devotion to God. You must save the life of every human being if it is in need. Even if the human being is an atheist, you must save the life since the atheist has a chance of becoming a devotee in future. Therefore, donation of food is said to be greatest since it is the basis of life. But, you should donate it to the deserving people only. 'Deserving' means any human being suffering for food. The human being must work and earn the food without begging as far as possible. Otherwise, people become lazy without doing work.

 

Hence, while donating the food to a person capable of doing work, you should analyze the background carefully. Generally, poor children, poor old persons, poor disabled and poor patients can be accepted as deserving receivers of your donated food. A rich person should be always avoided as far as possible leaving rare emergent occasions. Do not have any analysis in the occasions of emergency demanding immediate service. Such donation is called as 'Apat-dharma'.

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The entire concept of

donating alms is different in

the four different eras. In

satya yuga, the giver went

out, in search of a recipient to whom he could give

something. In treta yuga, the

recipient had to come to the

givers house before he

would be given anything. In

dvapara yuga, the giver never gave anything without

being asked for it by the

recipient. And in kali yuga,

the giver gives only to those

who are servile to him.

Whenever a Daan is made one must thing as an

offering to GOD During the battle of

Mahabharat, a Brahmin

appears before Karna when

he is about to die having

been pierced by Arjuna's

arrow, while trying to lift his chariot's wheel. The Brahmin

requests for some Dhaan

(offering) from Karna. Karna

was puzzled as he thought, if

I was about to go to the

Battle-field I could have given a Yatra-Dhaan or if my

life was not ending I could

have given him a Jeevan

Dhaan, but at the moment I

don’t have anything to give

to him. Karna, the supreme man of charity, cries that he

does not have anything to

give this Brahmin. The Brahmin reminds him

that he can give him the

mountain like punya, the

Karmaphal which he has

accumulated throughout his

life with his matchless Dhaan. Karna had given Kavach and

Kundal Dhaan to Lord Indra.

Karna feels happy that he

has now got something to

give this Brahmin. He

spontaneously does so without any further thought.

And at that moment he sees

the Brahmin transforming

into Lord Krishna. Why did Krishna do this?

Why did he ask Karna for

Dhaan even at that desperate

moment? Why did he take

away all his punya? Is it a

cruel act of Krishna? No. It is very easy to get misled by

such erroneous thoughts or

misunderstanding. It is

actually an act of karunya by

Lord. Throughout his life Karna

indeed did limitless Daan. But

he had not performed them

as an Arpan (offered) to Lord

Krishna (God) this limits the

benefits he will eventually derive out of that punya. But

Krishna by asking for and

accepting all his punya,

makes Karna do the

supreme dhana, that of

donating all his punya to Bhagavan Himself. This

elevates his Daan to a

supreme level, as a

Bhagavath Arpana. (Krishna

Aarpanmasthu). To bless Karna with his

bhagya is the real intention

of Lord Krishna, while He

himself risks being seen as

heartless. This is the true

karunya nature of God Sri Krishna. Daan is an offering to God Whenever a Dhaan is made

one must thing as an

offering to GOD Sri Rama’s Advice To

Lakshmana

Sri Rama had once taught

Lakshmana about the duties

of a king. The duties of a king are

fourfold. Firstly, he has to

earn wealth. Secondly, he

has to increase it. Thirdly, he

has to protect it. And fourthly

and finally, he has to donate it.

Sri Sri Ravishankarji says “Rice is purified by a drop of

ghee on it”. In the same way

the money gets purified by

charity. When you give a

portion of what you have

earned for a good cause then the rest of the money

that you have is pure money. What Bhagavat Gita Says Firstly, "Daan" is the original

word in Sanskrit for

donation meaning selfless

giving. In the list of the ten

Niyamas (virtuous acts),

Daan comes third. In the Gita, Bhagavan

Krishna states that the wise

have described three main

paths to achieving

fulfillment- ’Yagyo daanam

tapaschaiva, paavnaani maneeshinaam’. Yagya

relates to sacrifice, whereby

an individual relinquishes

something. Daan may be described as a

charitable act or donation of

something for a good cause.

Through organ donation,

even those devoid of worldly

wealth can accomplish these merits by giving the ultimate

gift of life. The noblest method of

giving is “Saatvik,” whereby

the donor gives

unreservedly and not

anticipating anything in

return. Indeed the recipient should be one who (as in the

case of a patient requiring an

organ) cannot return the

favor and this verse from the

Gita corroborates this point: “Daatavyam iti yad daanam

diyate ’nupakaarine deshe

kaale ca paatre ca tad

daanam saattvikam smritam” That gift, which is given out

of duty, at the proper time

and place, to a deserving

person, and without

expectation of return, is

considered to be charity in the mode of

goodness." (Bhagavad-Gita

Gita 17.20). There are thousands of

references regarding EVEN

poor people giving away

their every possession in

order to follow this

important DAAN Dharma, aharas tv api sarvasya

tri-vidho bhavati priyah

yajnas tapas tatha danam

tesham bhedam imam shrinu "Even the food each person

prefers is of three kinds,

according to the three

modes of material nature.

The same is true of sacrifices,

austerities and charity. Now hear of the distinctions

between them." aphalakanksibhir yajno

vidhi-disto ya ijyate

yastavyam eveti manah

samadhaya sa sattvikah "Of sacrifices, the sacrifice

performed according to the

directions of scripture, as a

matter of duty, by those who

desire no reward, is of the

nature of goodness." abhisandhaya tu phalam

dambhartham api caiva yat

ijyate bharata-srestha

tam yajnam viddhi rajasam "But the sacrifice performed

for some material benefit, or

for the sake of pride, O chief

of the Bharatas, you should

know to be in the mode of

passion." Blood Donation

Blood donation is noble act ,

but it should be done

without any reward Vidya donation Nowadays no one teaches

the other without some sort

of reward.

Vidya donation to an

ignorant is noble provided it

is done without any reward Anna Daan

People make give food for

hungry to ward off their

sufferings. Also it makes the

receiver lazy to work. Deserving poor may be

offered food without any

motive.

I have read about some

noble persons in Madurai

and Trinelveli giving free food for mentally challenged

persons etc without

expecting any reward. Donating the while still alive WE often read about accident

victims Body parts are

donated and harvested by

hospitals for other ailing

patients with Organ Donation One can bequeath eyes by

taking a pledge, resolving to

donate them after death. But

it requires the help of

relatives or friends to carry

out the pledge and desire. A living person cannot donate

eyes. A recipient is not told

who donated the eye: the

gift of sight is made

anonymously. This Donation without

expecting any reward is one

of the greatest donations. "Hindus cremate the dead

body and through the

purifying fire principle, the

Agni - Devata, the five

elements of earth, fire, water,

air and ether, composing the body is thanked for having

allowed one's soul to have

had a use of the body as a

temple. However, after death, the

body is cast off as "worn old

clothes" [bhagwad Gita].

Where such old body parts

move to another body they

come under the charge of that new resident soul, while

the donor soul not only

thanks but shows respect to

the Vedic Devatas of those

five principle elements, by

this last act of renunciation. Any donation without

expecting any favor or

reward, or advertisement for

the person donating is a

supreme donation.

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The entire concept of

donating al..........s, by

this last act of renunciation. Any donation without

expecting any favor or

reward, or advertisement for

the person donating is a

supreme donation.

:shakehands:

i agree...

 

The essence of all the rituals is just sacrifice of wealth to a deserving devotee of God and the sacrifice should be in the memory of God. Mere sacrifice to a deserving human being without referring to God is just social service, the reward of which is temporary stay in heaven (Ksheenepunye… Gita).

 

The sacrifice is of two ways.

 

One is in the form of work or service and the other is in the form of wealth.

 

The sacrifice should be done with lot of analysis to discriminate the deserving from the rest. The sacrifice is most powerful means to please God and get His grace, if the receiver deserves. If the receiver does not deserve, the same sacrifice will yield negative results in the form of punishment. Since all the rituals involve sacrifice only as the basis, the rituals should be done with proper analysis in selecting the deserving receiver.

 

The deservingness of the receiver alone decides the fate of the entire ritual. Place, time and formalities of the ritual are not at all important in deciding the fruit of the ritual. If the receiver is undeserving, the sacrifice may be done in sacred Varanasi on sacred day of Maha Shivaratri and the process of sacrifice might have been done correctly following all the steps of the scripture, the result is going to be negative only. If the receiver deserves, whatever may be place, time and procedure of the ritual, the result will be excellent. People are bothered about the place, time and correctness in the steps of the ritual only, which are totally useless. They are not bothered about the main point, which is the deservingness of the receiver. They never analyze the receiver.

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