Daana or charity has a special place in spirituality. Lord Krishna considers it amongst the key rungs on the spiritual ladder.
Why would this be?
Because the root cause of all our troubles is said to be the ego. The more the ego has, the more it wants.
Au contraire, the more it gives away, the weaker it becomes.
This nicely sums up daana. Because when we part with something, we’re actually not losers, but gainers in the most crucial sense.
So charity, assuming it’s done right, with no expectations, and given to the right people / organizations, means that it’s really not the receivers who should be telling thanks to the givers. Rather it should be the givers telling them thanks, for giving them the opportunity to perform daana!