Charity and Generosity
Giving to the poor and needy as a core spiritual obligation.
Matthew 6:2-4
“When you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets... But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”
Deuteronomy 15:11
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor.'”
Quran 2:261
“The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains.”
Bhagavad Gita 17:20
“Charity given to a worthy person simply because it is right to give, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, is sattvic.”
Dhammapada 177
“Misers do not go to the world of the gods. Fools do not praise generosity. But the wise person rejoices in giving and thereby becomes happy hereafter.”