अपरिग्रह

Gate I · Things · Day 7 of 35

Give without a trace

The teaching

Generosity that is seen is still a kind of taking — you release the object and pocket the credit. The Gītā calls the clean version a gift given because it is right to give, with no thought of return.

— Bhagavad Gītā 17.20

Today’s practice

Give something of real value away today in a way that leaves you unidentifiable. Tell no one, including the people closest to you.

Sit with this

How much of the urge to give was the urge to be seen giving?