Lady1 said, 'Hello bhaiya.'
I said, 'Hello.'
Lady2 said, 'Bhaiya, can you switch on your door light, it's a bit dark here.'
I said, 'Okay.' and turned on the light. Now, I can clearly see their faces and they can mine.
Lady1 said, 'We are having this 'Shrimad Bhagwat Katha' and we'd like you to join this.'
I said, 'Okay, I'll attend for any of the day, can't attend everyday.'
I was about to say 'thanks' and close the door but suddenly Lady2 pulled out a receipt notepad and asked me, 'How much amount I should fill under your name?
I said, 'Amount? What amount? Why you need amount from me when you are organizing this event?'
Lady2 said, 'No bhaiya, it is for the service of God if you want to take benefit of it.
I asked, 'What kind of benefits?'
Lady3 jumped in the conversation and spoke up first time, 'Good things will happen to you.'
I said, 'Why don't you add amount by yourself under my name and a lot more good things will happen to you.'
Point here is: Before organizing the event did you ask us? You organised by yourself, dates you decided by yourself, time you decided by yourself, location you decided by yourself. You came to us for donation (chanda). Why? God won't see the amount, he will see your intentions. Whatever event you're organizing in the name of God, you should do under your money capacity without expecting anything from anyone.
This is just an example. A lot of variations are there similar to it in our society. One guy used to come weekly in our previous house for Old Age Home donation (Vriddhashram Chanda), it was his weekly routine in the colony. Some ask donation in the name of Gaushaala, some in the name of Vriddhashram, some ask for Child Education, some ask for marriage of Poor Girls.
I feel only a few are real and most of them are misusing the mindset we have, and have made business out of it. Everywhere return - ROI, they will tell you, good things will happen to you. As we all think that we need to have more good things in our life so they sell us that positive thought.
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