Immortal Values -3.4. { The majority people of Bharatham pretend to be a western, by stupid imitation of external outlook and language, throwing their own country Bharatham and her immortal Values and rich Upanishadik culture }

Opinion
     17/07/2016.
          616.

            All Members,
           Respected family members of this great holy Nation.

     Sub : Immortal Values-3.4
   Swami Chinmayananda.

   Ref : { The majority people of Bharatham pretend to be a western, by stupid imitation of external outlook  and language, throwing their own country Bharatham and her immortal  Values  and rich Upanishadik culture }

  4. Practising Charity

Continuing the address to the students, the Rishi adds: Gifts should be given with faith: they should never be given without faith; they should be given in plenty, with modesty and with sympathy.
Hinduism recognizes the householder’s existence only as a necessary training in curbing his animalism and purifying him for the greater heights of spirituality. Cultural perfection is the goal. Ultimately the individual was valued upon the spirit of sacrifice he could show toward the finite, when the call of the Infinite reached him. Naturally, therefore, the teacher has to give some instruction as to how charity can best be practised. Therefore, charity is acceptable only when it toes the line with our own independent intellectual beliefs and convictions.

Indiscriminate charity is not acceptable to the science of Vedanta, which is not trying to cultivate fruit trees. Its aim is to cultivate the thinking animal called “man”. Therefore, the Rishi pointedly condemns the opposite idea by the positive declaration. “Gifts should not be given without faith.” Every benefactor has the right, even the duty, to inquire into the righteousness of the cause he is trying to patronize. It is said that having come to judge a cause to be deserving, give it your entire patronage: “Give in plenty; with both hands, give.” However, charity can bring to us the feeling of egoism and vanity. These are avoided by instructions to give with modesty. Charity constricts the heart and obstructs human growth if it is not honeyed with the spirit of love and the joy of identification.

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