Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The greatest punya is acquired from donating wealth to brahmanas. Or from providing them with employment.
Another performer of good deeds is one who gets a pond digged.
Punya is also acquired by building temples dedicated to Vishnu. The best temple is one that is made of gold. Progressively lower down the ranking are the ones that are made of copper, crystal, stone, bricks and wood.
He who maintains a pond, a temple or a village is also a performer of good deeds.
Donating alms like cattle or land also brings punya.
Other good deeds are establishing gardens and planting trees.
Any one who plants a basil bush is eternally blessed.
These who bathe Vishnu’s images with milk or clarified butter are certain to be taken to heaven. The images can also be bathed with coconut-milk or sugar-cane juice .
Punya can be acquired through donating food to the hungry and water to the thirst.
A person who donates these objects never has to go to hell (naraka).
Another good deed is to massage the feet of guests with oil.
Anyone who helps brahmanas or donates cows to them is blessed.
One who protects those who seek refuge also obtains a lot of punya.
The importance of donating alms cannot be over-emphasised. Apart from cows, buffaloes can also bedonated.
Other objects which may be donated are curds, milk, clarifed butter, honey, sugar-cane, fragrant objects, flowers, fruit and molasses. Knowledge (vidya) is also a worthwhile object for donation. Gold, jewellery and precious stones too qualify for donations. Images of Vishnu (shalagrama) should also be donated.
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