The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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One who has spent has used; one who has collected has lost; but one who has given has saved one's treasure forever.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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The real treasure is in the heart. What one spends is only an exchanging of values. It is a kind of barter. What one has collected, one becomes guardian of and so slave to. But when one gives away-whether something of matter or intellect or spirit-one has given away that which one is master of, whether it is possessions, knowledge, or love.