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Verse 17·20

The tamasic charity of disrespect

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Verse

दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥

The sattwic way of giving is to do it for the sake of the giving and the beneficence and to one who does no benefit in return; and it is to bestow in the right conditions of time and place and on the right recipient (who is worthy or to whom the gift can be really helpful).

Gītā 17·20

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in