8 Noble Use of Money
Charity Of Food
First, comes the charity of food. When someone comes to your door at noon and says,“ Brother, please give me something, I am hungry,” you should reply by saying,“ Please sit down right here, and I will serve you food.” This is charity of food. Someone may interfere by telling you,‘ if you feed lunch this robust man, what about his dinner? God has said for one not to interfere in such matters. Because of your charity, that man will live at least one more day. Tomorrow he will find someone else to help him live. You do not have to worry about what will become of him tomorrow or in the future. When someone comes to your home, give whatever you can. At least he will live today, and that is what matters! Something else may be in store for him tomorrow. There is no need for you to worry.
Questioner: Is charity of food considered the most valuable?
Dadashri: It is considered good, but how much can you give? People will not keep giving forever. It is enough to feed someone just once. He will find his second meal somewhere else, but today he lives because of that one meal! Nevertheless when people give food, do they give fresh food or leftovers?
Questioner: They get rid of their leftovers. What can they do if they cooked too much?
Dadashri: At least they are making good use of it! When one gives freshly prepared food, then I will accept that it is correct. Surely there must be some rules of the science of the Enlightened Ones( vitarag); it cannot be haphazard. Any other time you can get away with it, but not here.
Charity of Medical Help Charity of medicine( donation of medicine, doctor’ s bills