Lord Krishna says in the Gita:
Whosoever offers to Me with love and devotion
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, a little water,
That offering of love made by a pure heart,
I accept, O Arjuna !
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It is not what you give that counts ; it is the spirit with which you give it.
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How so ever costly be the gift, if it is empty of love, it can be of no value to Him, the Lord of this creation. A little gift of no material value is precious to Him if it carries within it the love of a pure devoted heart.
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A gift is but the container, the outer vessel. What does it contain - does it carry within it egoistic thoughts or a desire for self glorification ? Or does it contain the aspiration of a humble heart ?
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Once upon a time, a king built a marble temple at a cost of several million dollars.
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When the temple was completed, he said to himself in the pride of kingship,
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" What a beautiful building I have built unto the Lord ! Generations unborn will look at it in wonder and awe ! "
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His offering was infected with a sense of "I"-ness and was not accepted by the Lord.
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Instead He accepted the humble offering of a poor widow, who took from her mattress pieces of straw and fed the oxen who drew the marble from the ships
for the construction of the temple.
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Till this day, the credit for the marble temple is given not to the king who spent millions, but to the poor widow who, out of the fullness of a humble, loving heart, gave only pieces of straw !
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