(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda)
Once a local businessman came to Pujya Gurudev after the Jnana Yagna and handed him a Gurudakshina envelope. Next an administrator from one of the Chinmaya Vidyalayas came to complain about the lack of funds for a project they were undertaking.
Pujya Gurudev gave him the envelope of Rs10,000 that the businessman had given him.
He then said, “He gives, and He takes away.”
Turning his hands inside out, Pujya Gurudev laughingly showed his empty hands and said, “Nothing stays in these hands! If you remain empty, you will be His vehicle to serve the world.”