Give Without Hoarding

Do charity in some way, may be sharing your knowledge, serving others, anything you can. The fragrance of a flower remains in the hands of the one who has held it, even after it is discarded. You will find joy in giving, regardless of whether the recipient has felt the happiness or not.

Koti Mahaan, a Saint who was in a position to give anything to the seeker, used this simple way to liberate persons from their ignorance. If someone told him, ‘You are God; only you can free us from our miseries’, the Saint would smilingly take whatever money the person had with him, or confiscate the person’s watch.

Kotiswami had no need for any of these worldly trivialities. This was his way of impressing upon you, your dishonesty. And if persons tried to outwit the Saint by leaving their possessions in the gate and then deliver the same dialogue to Koti Mahaan, the saint would flash an innocent smile, and pick up their possessions from wherever they had left them. I am narrating you this to make you understand how dishonest persons are, with themselves. The world is very illusory.

Knowing that this world is a luxury, you must be grateful to God for blessing you with a human life.