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