Tinkling Sound of Coins

The mailman came with a money order. The Mother affixed her left thumb impression on the receipt and someone attested it: ‘Left thumb impression of Sri Sarada Devi.' Then the mailman counted the money and handed it over to the Mother, who put it in a box in her room. She then gave some refreshments to the mailman, talked to him a little, and bade him good-bye. No one knew who had sent the money or how much. Later, at her leisure, she gave the money order coupon to her attendant and asked him to write a letter of acknowledgement with her blessings to the sender. If the attendant received the money order, she asked him not to count the money, saying: "My child, the tinkling sound of the coins generates greed in the minds of human beings. And the money has such power that even a wooden doll opens its mouth to take it.' 

                    - ‘Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play’ by Swami Chetanananda, P525