Guest guest Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Sairam, Happy BABA's day to you all. May all our prayers be answered. BABA guide us in the correct path. What is the best Charity? Have you often thought of this. The best charity according to Satcharita is giving food. It is important to feed the hungry and needy. How many poor have we fed? Let us count our blessings in terms of charity we give to the real needy. This is what is said in Satcharita.. " Baba's Handi Different sadhanas (means of accomplishments) are prescribed in our scriptures for different ages. Tapa (Penance) is recommended for Krita age, Jnana (Knowledge) for Treta age, Yajna (Sacrifice) for Dwapara age and Dana (Charity) for Kali (present) age. Of all the charities, giving food is the best one. We are much perturbed when we get no food at noon. Other beings feel similarly under similar circumstances. Knowing this, he who gives food to the poor and hungry, is the best donor or charitable person. The Taittiriya Upanishad says that "Food is Brahma; from food all the creatures are born and having been born, by food they live, and having departed, into food again they enter." When an Atithi (uninvited guest) comes to our door at noon, it is our bounden duty to welcome him by giving him food. Other kinds of charities, viz., giving away wealth, property and clothes etc., require some discrimination, but in the matter of food, no such consideration is necessary. Let anybody come to our door at noon, he should be served forthwith; and if lame, crippled, blind and diseased paupers come, they should be fed first and the able-bodied persons and our relations afterwards. The merit of feeding the former is much greater than that of feeding the latter. Other kinds of charities are imperfect without this Anna-dana (giving of food) as stars are without the moon, a necklace without its central medal, a crown without pinnacle, a tank without a lotus, bhajan without love, a married lady without the kumkum-mark, singing without a sweet voice or butter-milk without salt. Just as varan (Pulse-soup) excels all other dishes; Anna-dana is the best of all merits. Now let us see how Baba prepared food and distributed it. " Chapter 38 Sai Satcharita. BABA bless us and guide us always. Humble pranams SairamAnitha Kandukuri http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra 1000s of Sexy Singles online now at Lavalife - Click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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