Alms Paramita 

 

 

PART II

5. Giving Paramita

How Giving called Paramita?
About Giving (dana), we have been presented in the previous section before. Now we learn the word Paramita (Paramita).
Translation Paramita Paramita sound is David. But here we talk off the Paramita (parami). 'Para' means the other side, 'mi' means go. Alms Paramita means to cross the river Giving (dananadi) and to the other side. The word 'to the other side' important. Why? Because many when we started crossing the river, but to halfway we came back to, which is not called Paramita.
1. Besides 'this side' also means banks of greedy, miserly, the river was the generosity, 'other side' is the bank of compassion (mahakaruna).
2. 'Coast side' is the wrong shore attachment (mithyadrsti), 'the other side' bank of Wisdom (Prajna).
3. 'Coast side' is the shore of rebirth (Samsara), 'other side' is the Nirvana of liberation (nirvana).
4. In addition, the Bodhisattva when Bell found that the charity is not being, no killing, no damage, that is not seen with people, animals are given, and the receiver, which is called Giving Paramita.
At this point we should stop, diverging a little, because most of us are mistaken for her generosity that Paramita but really is not. We often hear preached the Diamond sutra says that charity without really giving it new is charity, or alms, but not accepted, ego, beings, new pseudo real life is giving, or generosity that do not see us as people, this is the material given, and the other is the new recipient is charity, v ... v ...
Giving the word 'no show' here does not mean that Bell closed her eyes in order not to see, or alms that center could not think anything. 'No show' here is the result of a reflection of conditions see the legal autonomous existence. Since there is no law that nature should see the emptiness of inherent generosity. As we have looked at in the previous section, Bell can not be something natural can be, must complete three elements (people, plants for the recipient), together with its new. If any of the three can not have charity. Bell therefore no damage, it's just pretending to be one of (element). Furthermore, the three factors mentioned above, they are pretending to be of a certain case. As the donor and the recipient is able to impersonate the five aggregates of (form, feeling, perception, and consciousness), objects supposedly can disguise a multitude of materials. And so we look deeply to see no real general factors, it exists for a myriad of other factors exist. Seeing so called seeing 'No' (Sunya). Bring the application view of the 'No' on the generosity we see nothing really is giving all, but only a transformation, evolution, birth and death of innumerable causes and conditions, is called Giving Paramita.
We should be careful, do not rush headlong practice 'Giving No', if we do not really understand the "emptiness" (sunyata), or see the interdependence of the measures. Preferably, one should practice the pure generosity as mentioned in the previous section. But if we persist want alms style (misunderstood) Kim Cang, ie close your eyes to see me off, see things, see people, or alms, but the mind does not think anything of it nothing more than a machine 'robots' bird cake box for a baby charity. It called Giving robot machine, rather than the generosity Paramita! Of course, the robot rolls blessings anything!
* Giving Bodhisattva perform Paramita like?

- Bodhisattvas perform all kinds of pure generosity, Finance candidates, Cabinet candidates, Foreign pilots, France pilots never regret.
- Bodhisattva alms equally to all species, not ever think:
- Must Bell for adults and not for children.
- Must alms for monks and not for ordinary people.
- Must give to people, not animals.
- To give to the Master and not for the novice.
- Bodhisattva alms not be blessings bridge.
- Bodhisattva alms no day or night, winter or summer, good heaven or heaven bad.
- Bodhisattva alms to perform real-generals (bhutalaksana) of alms.

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6. Giving and Six Paramita

In six Paramita (Giving, Morality, Patience, Effort, Meditation, Wisdom), the Giving head, because it as the foundation for all six Paramita.
I. Giving alms underlie
Giving consists of three levels: lower, middle, upper. Mean?
When first entering the Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva practice pure generosity, but generosity of ordinary objects such as food, drinks, lights, oil, v ... v ... That call Bell is lower (avara).
From always practicing giving lower, the center began developing Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva practice more charity as: clothes, medicine, home, door, gold, silver, precious items, v. ..v ... This is called secondary alms (Madhya).
From mid practicing giving, generosity of bodhisattva development to the ultimate, which is giving everything they have (internal candidates and external candidates) without hesitation or regret as: head, eyes, Hand, foot, v ... v ... That called upper alms (agra).
II. Giving as a foundation for morality
Bodhisattvas know that if we greedy, miserly, stingy, never know about doing good and give to someone, the next life will suffer in poverty. Because of poverty should have the idea theft, measuring gat.Va if go to theft or robbery, we easily commit murder. Because of poverty, so we can hardly satisfy sensual, pleasures not to be satisfied, we will easily commit sexual misconduct poverty duc.Vi so we must be doing things abjection, downgrade. Since abjection, downgrade so I'm always afraid of all and it is not difficult to commit crime lie, flattery, v ... v ... Thus, because poverty, we will enjoy ten evil committed by relatives , speech and mind.
In contrast, the Bodhisattva thought, if the practice of generosity, we will be reborn in the sight of wealth, of the full amount, which will easily maintain discipline.
* It built snake, frog and turtle (Jataka)
Devadatta (Devadatta), in a past life immemorial, is a snake. The snake in a creek with a frog and a turtle, and all three children are doing you hang together. Then one day the drought, the water in the creek dried up and running out, the creek nothing left to eat. Each child split up foraging. Because too hungry not find anything so I had to think about feeding snakes frogs. It went through looking frog turtle back home it played. Until turtle met frogs frog replied:

When falling into poverty, deprivation
People often forget the original meaning
nothing to the moral Regardless,
only know how
hungry? Let alone!

Remember what I said and told the snake that: 'The frog will never return encounter snakes anymore!'.
III. Giving underlying insulted
1. When Bodhisattva practice generosity that object (receiver) reject, expel, or require more, or would like untimely, or fail to apply that every application. At that time the Bodhisattva will think thus: 'Now we practice giving, in order to become a Buddha enlightenment; no one is required to have both. Giving oneself is making, why get angry? ' Such thinking, Daddy Tat practice patience.
2. When Bodhisattva alms that the recipient is not happy, angry or insulted, the Bodhisattva thought, saying, 'Now we give all our valuable asset. I let go of what hard training detachment. Having been where we did not have the words to curse this nonsense? If we do not patience, my generosity will not clean. Giving without patience is like a white elephant (white signs), after bathing in the river, just above the shores of the land lies ENH dirty. ' Reflecting this, the Bodhisattva practice patience.
IV. Giving underlying diligent
While practicing generosity, bodhisattvas also practice always the diligent (Virya). When we started practicing giving, merit of the Bodhisattva retribution little Bodhisattva should not be done more alms. But because many want alms, for all species, so the Bodhisattva must diligently practicing giving. Due diligence should merit alms (Finance, Legal) as growth Bodhisattva Bodhisattva made even more passionate generosity, and for many people. Giving and so on do's Effort has recently made several coast.
V. Giving foundation for meditation
Meditation practitioner, initially always encounter obstacles years (five pieces): greed, anger, drowsiness, agitation and foreign guests. If not eradicated this year it is not possible obstacles far in meditation.
Practice Giving clean eradicate year ie are obstacles. Why?

- Giving the eradication greedy, miserly.
- Giving away clean with patience, have patience, be angry eliminated.
- When demand alms to Buddhahood, bodhisattvas need more Finance and France to widely alms for all species. Because intensive Finance, France should Bodhisattva out except be lazy, lazy is the cause leading to dullness.
- When Bell Bodhisattva initiate a pure heart, mind respect for the recipient, pay attention to their actions do not dare to think nonsense, always mindful not to follow that idea, so eradication agitation.
- When practicing generosity, bodhisattvas are sure will reap immeasurable merit karmic retribution, so Bodhisattvas are always looking for opportunities to give alms. Thanks so much generosity and blessings from them even believe in charity. Thanks to this solid faith Bodhisattva out except foreign guests.

VI. Giving the foundation for wisdom
1. Thanks to the generosity of this life after life, the bodhisattva reap many blessings, so Bodhisattvas believe in the Three Jewels, through faith in the Three Jewels, the Bodhisattva Development Center law school, law school because Bodhisattvas out exorcism is, and ignorance, because ignorance but out of wisdom growth.
2. Moreover, the practice of generosity Paramita, Bodhisattva always thinking about the real nature of the three elements (people, animals are for the recipient). Thanks always thought so, Bodhisattvas understand the real nature of generosity. Ie they really understand the wisdom uncivil.
3. All ten schools of Buddhism have started the path to enlightenment by a first well is giving. Likewise, past a thousand Buddhas of gentle birth, each position during play bodhicitta (Buddha Mind is a bridge) for the first time, are being to donations to a certain Buddha: taste the offerings seems a shower, have you donated a shirt, have you offered a toothpick, v ... v ... and while such offerings, they are found Bodhicitta (Bodhicitta). Therefore Giving is the foundation of Buddhist ethics.

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 7. Things mistake on alms

Through the previous section, we already have an idea of ​​how the pure generosity, or not clean, correct or incorrect. But it is in terms of the general doctrine. Xinxing fear many honest, naive not to understand, so let's stop in this section take specific examples occur frequently in daily life of the temples, so that people understand.
* In France pilots:
Often goes hand in hand with the disdainful French pilot. If I were a teacher, I can not practice resources are candidates, but only France alms only.
Legal alms is a very good job, but if fall is parallel to the charity will be the nature disdainful infection. This nature is a very bad character, not the Buddhism that all other religions are advised me to abolish it. In a Buddhist association, contempt Sangha young Boost, Boost old young Buddhist contempt, contempt Buddhists Buddhists old child, the consequences of it will be like? The consequences would be disrespectful young Buddhists Buddhists old, old Buddhist irreverent young Increase, Increase young irreverent Sangha. And in a Union delegation that from top to bottom, from bottom to top with a contemptuous and disrespectful so it probably will soon withdraw membership. Buddhism teaches us not despise him, but nature teaches us the opposite of equality, which means respect everyone equally. Where ancient Buddha with contempt anyone, even for a baby, too (See story Asoka area). Let us follow the behavior of Standing Any Contempt Bodhisattva in the Lotus Sutra, who he also met prostration and say: "I do not dare to despise you, because you are going to do the Buddha".
If we have the conditions to learn more, understand it when people come to broad questions religion, we should kindly directed. In our case the semi-autonomous, chanting or studying, we can reschedule another time, but we should not despise him to ask me, for they are beings ignorant ignorant. Because they do not know to ask new, but if you know where they have to, but if they do not come, then how can we have the legal opportunity to give alms? So we need to thank them. Before, during and after the French charity, we should vow and dedicate. Let the person before me direct questions quickly is lucid wisdom and merit of this experimental approach for the liberation of reincarnation, or Buddhahood (if one is Bodhisattva).
Or our longtime practice, contempt and temples to the novice, there is a small temple, I watch that one day Buddha scolded me out there! But I was not afraid then realized the Buddha, or if you realize we did away blindly the headphones do not want to hear. If so, then shook his head Buddha had also succumbed.
And if we pay attention a little bit, then we will see the word "Tu" very dangerous, because it caused much misunderstanding and disastrous.
For a rustic mood, when they heard one long practice, they will respect and honor from me, because they think that is what we have seen before, no evidence was Arhat, then he could be Shanghai proof Coordinates or Venerable. In their minds, the "Tu" is something, like this soldier. Because perennial soldiers up captaincy, the year, has the right to dread the soldier enlisted men, most soldiers and reserve officers. But the truth is not so, Tu means repair. For example we have a new car buyer that fails, then we have to fix it. If you are a skilled worker in a day is only one fixed. But if that fixes five days then slacking, I was a bad worker. In this case, we would not dare run around the neighborhood and village that cried out: 'I edit (car) a long, long time ago I edited'. Likewise, when we tell people that we have long years, which means we edit long years. Fix what? Fixing the damage nature, vices, especially the nature of our pride. Edit done?
There are two hypotheses. If finished, everyone went it that I edited (tu) long! To say that I edited (tu) long that is unfinished. If the repair is complete, but we must know embarrassed! My Buddhist practice in order to rid the nature of conceit and contempt of our people, but we re not smart to own the word "Tu" it deceive us, making the heart arrogance, contempt of our people up again. If you are aware of the harm created by the words "Tu" we do not hesitate to suggest to you sir and I henceforth not use the word "Tu" but replaced by the word "page". Moreover the word "Tu" is a noun Han Vietnam, and the "Edit" is Vietnamese, it is accurate, clear, and easy to understand, and it has a great performance, making us aware always I have always been the pervading nature needs to be fixed and for all, and also destroyed the before conceit, disdainful of me.
Only foolish people new or disdainful. Why? Since his disdainful contempt that is so! If we despise him again and he will despise us, that means we despised me. Causation is that! If one or contempt who prefer not respected we can get. Except that we do mandarins case using force or other power of arrest must admire us there. On the surface, they admire us, but we did not know in my heart they curse. And if we do not know that they're still the only fools!
Above are talking about France pilot disdainful, of the kind that the French pilots impure (avisuddha dana). In many cases we learn, understand that the talented wide glibly again, it was very lucky for the French director. But if you prefer the sermon for the purpose for everybody respect us, respect us, it is the name of the French pilot, depending on the type of French pilot also not clean.
In the French experiment this impure, its performance has two categories: costs and benefits. Firstly, in terms of doctrine that we give, look right or wrong with the Dhamma. Yes, is the recipient listen to it practice, practice correct nature center, karma (kusalakarma), in this case, the person receives benefits, while we get nothing even as the fire burned forest conceit merit My French pilot. In case wrong with Dharma teachings, both parties are harmed at all.
* About Resources candidates:
As laypeople News Upasaka (Upasaka), Upasika (Upasika), we have an obligation to upholding Jewels, meant to help and preserve the long term Buddhism. Why long-term? For I know Buddhism teaches us the path of liberation, has benefits for everyone, so we want it long. Depending on individual ability, we can help, give alms money or effort.
As we read through the previous section, almsgiving is a very good job to bring many blessings to us, and Bell was a first well of the Bodhisattva. But without knowing how alms giving is not benefiting anything! Let us look back you see that after so many years of giving, now how do? I leave the temple, monks in stainless (ie tu alone) are afraid to go to the temple for people to raise money, including me, and I discontent Ad to this temple that makes money, make money other temples. All of which are due in us, because previously I have not learned how to give alms. What I met that teacher handouts, handouts or hydrophilic least the Priests long to be blessed or to take the name. And I want something that I offered her one. Down at the end of rising urgently to be, we always run away, not daring to meet me again.
When the temple, having a calling for alms or donations, at least one must reflect a bit, see if it is beneficial for me, for me and for everyone, we please alms. If that is not conducive to me, or to us that is beneficial for everyone, then we are willing to give alms (in our case is the Bodhisattva).
Also in accordance with the laws in ancient Buddha leave the duty of the men reach (Upasaka) and reach the female (upasika) is four to donations to the monks: shelter, clothing, food and medicine . Place in the Temple, we can contribute monthly to the Association, and Association of costs for the temple. Clothes are in this precious land of western teacher, who is also very comprehensive. Food, we watch out, sometimes rice, or buy vegetables to resupply, or if no time, we can give money to worry giùm warehouse location. As for drugs, we should note that, as in France he is not going to do this you should not have formal 'social insurance' (Sécurité sociale), ie when there is disease, you see that bear nothing. For that reason we should not catch you I chant group, pray for peace, pray much, you risk Teacher flu, tuberculosis ... or face our generation does not have enough money to take care medicine, then I will regrets the trick!
Most of today's monks often calls us to contribute to the temple. Many people do not understand what that priest but also greed. Then go make money Ad temple or pagoda is rich, etc ... As Buddhists we should understand that your teacher wants compassion by sentient beings, pay off thanks Jewels, Dharma preacher but reluctantly to do so. If you only worry selfish he sat in a cup, then slowly pour nhotu help teachers know what your suffering. Calling so hard just to add a reputation exhausted, where there is nothing fun!
* When I give to the temple , we must set our sense of employment, which means that we know the reason and purpose of charity, it also means we have to know the vows and merit of alms themselves. Being so, we may no remorse, or regret, which in return will feel happy and relieved. This is called Conscious alms.
* When alms (donations) for the quarter master . Likewise, one must practice sense his almsgiving. You master the subject of charity, also called field blessing (punyaksetra). Why? Because the teacher is the place where you planted the seed for blessing us so-called field blessing.
- When we pity the poor or a certain teacher, spiritual misery that we give, then that teacher becomes small fortune fields, because the seeds sown by pity (Karuna), it will give us Small rice.
- As a teacher I respect that we give, then that teacher becomes large field blessing, because the seeds sown by the respected (satkara), it will give us the big rice.
- If we just respect alms pitying I will reap big both small rice.
Before offering to you is because I know pity or respect, and while donations have also learned that we are offering, offering complete merit we know that we've created for the emancipation of birth his death, or Buddhahood (if one is Bodhisattva). That is called pure generosity and sense. We do not confuse 'consciousness' with 'attachment'. 'Sense' here means mindfulness, knowing what he was doing, what to do, what to do. And alms attachments not in pure generosity, because generosity that we are here for, this is the character of generosity, while the other is the receiver, and then start disdainful conceit, or before Bell had the mind and the name or conceit, when just the impact the charity has been accepted alms before.
- When meeting a teacher does, we take the resources of the call is offering or have more when we gave her teacher said that cha cha that at all, it is charity insensitive and unconscious. Giving unconscious and then we saw above. And heartless mean? Heartlessness here also means unconscious but added no sign and impartial. I learned the Diamond sutra says Bell saw no real new charity is charity, or charity but found no one who is giving, this is the character of generosity, and the other is who is giving. Such learning is complete, so when alms unthinkable even nothing, for fear thinking they fall into the attachment, or alms, how to fast in order not to keep aware of their employment, or during charity the mouth, eyes other persons. It called heartless alms. Careless generosity arises from a good heart, but because no religion should understand its blessings of a kind property illegally.
One should not confuse careless generosity with generosity Emptiness. Bell's heartless not think center and unaware while alms giving. And the emptiness of giving is to understand and implement the emptiness of alms while begging. Emptiness is Giving alms Paramita (danaparamita), meaning that all three factors have created the Giving autonomous existence. Before practice almsgiving emptiness, we need to practice a lot of reasonable reflection of conditions, which saw the birth of interdependence of all things, that the law must rely on each other that exists, so no one separate self. When we reflect on the emptiness of maturity of legal right, which was brought insight into the application of Giving, which called Shunya alms.
When practicing generosity, let's be honest with ourselves, we also review the attachment or attachments, have mistaken Infinite emptiness with care? If so, we revise, because that is our inner, outer, or none at all, and no one is grading or payoff was, only the actions of our payoff us alone.
It should be added on Emptiness (sunyata). Emptiness is a double-edged sword. If I understand it, it helps us cut off the second early ignorance bind us. And vice versa, if we understand correctly, it will make us create unfortunate actions. So goodness Stock sentence: 'It is better accepted there as Mount Meru than serving not as canola'. If we do not understand the emptiness first they practice organic Minister alms, ie vows, awareness, and dedication before, during and after giving. That's called how alms.
- In case this is told through pity or alms due respect for a teacher that we give alms. And in the case of a new remote teacher that I was not familiar to the stars? It's a treat to enjoy for me, because I do not know the past that teacher's private, so it is easy to explore the mind regards alms. And while we may pray almsgiving thus: 'I sincerely offered me, pray for me quickly to help alleviate suffering enlightened beings'. We can recite silently or say straight out, the better. This is a pure charity and its retribution will be immeasurable. Why? Because people who get the focus and respect. Recipients are respected or not is up in the mind of people for. If we wisely said to be blessed by the generosity of people I would be more useful quantity or amount depending on where interest people I will always respect the recipient launch center. That is how this generosity.
- Now if the case does not pity, not respect, but also dislike a teacher anymore, we have to do? Does not charity?
Here again is another matter. We need introspection before. Why loathe? Inhospitable place? After the internal review is completed, may ask to meet that teacher to relieve the questions has created dissonance (when there is a dissonance, both parties are culpable both). In case you and your students to want to progress and rehabilitation are good too. But if both the teacher and students find themselves right and the other is wrong, then go their separate ways, but we are entitled to withdraw must be orderly, that is not the import business. After the withdrawal is completed, should be looking for a different teacher to rely. Why? Because we are a close vicinity of the male or female. Near the means at close to help and learn.
Not because disliked a teacher that I hate all the other teachers. Not because I dislike a temple which alienated all the other temples. If you do so, it is called 'coconut shell handful'. This attitude is not good because it makes it impossible to expand the knowledge, not the achievement of good behavior, at the same time, the so-called 'self is', our own growth. And if we just keep on attitude 'coconut shell handful', then we will turn into a 'frog sitting bottom hole'.
* Confusion alms to pay
Giving is an act emanating from the hearts of all, want to get peace and happiness.
Also paid an accidental action, ie no gratitude at all, it is based on an exchange.
When we go out in the street to meet a poor man begging, we take the five coins in them. I give because I pity, not because of what he does for us. It is assumed without being returned, we just get to be the person I was happy then. It called alms.
And wages are different, it is the result of a negotiation. For example, we are a company boss. By the end of May we found money to employees. Payment of our action is not called charity, but instead as remuneration. Why? Throughout the past month because employees have worked for us, so now we have to pay them. And when we give money to them, in their heart did not owe us, because they know that their money should be. In our mind, too, but staff work hard during the past month for the production of our company, but we also did not owe them, because we pay them then that! Between the two sides do not have the sense at all, and no one owes anyone. We give money because other people put, the other because we put money put.
After understanding the differences seen between alms and pay then, let's put her eye to the temple to see why? See what mistakes you have committed them?
Weekdays we never go to the temple, naturally alms or offerings to the teacher. By the time the family whose parents die, then we go to the temple at extra visiting home teacher politely recite procession pray for our parents. Then after the crash is complete, we pulled a few bills in envelope offered to me. Having done so, one out of relieved, in mind thought that was done duty for the parents, had done his duty towards me, and simultaneously doing good too! Ask our actions is called what? However in all, there are people who are little. These are people who are giving, ie Mr. Teacher: Mr. Thay have been several hundred pocket take the train. Because of such confusion should we continue to pay that kind of generosity. Long enough for me to take the train initially, after the car, and then to the aircraft. Until then, we cried that wealthy temple! Temple, rich or poor, all by us all. I have to ask that! Rich temple to do? Poor to do? If we are aware that the development of the temple favor we should have a financial need, we make the rich temple. And if needed, we make the temple poor poor. Rich is not a crime, poverty is not a blessing.

Cash used properly forefathers like Buddha,
silver Silver mistaken spend more evil ghost.
Buddha, ma also in people
'Do not cash it is senseless capital. (Qing Si)

Also one must sympathize with me but you! Initially out of compassion that I go and pray. Requiem completed, the charity that kind paid to me. Because of our ignorance, we have turned the compassion of the Master, the original priceless, gradually fell to about two to three hundred silver. Then I pity you, just to get money out of the stock è dead. I've turned you into like the Caisse (POMPES de funebre) ie living from the dead. Sadly for Buddhists! How could I have been so heartless?
This does not mean that from now on we do not pray for peace, pray for our parents, or for super finish you do not pay for me anymore. I still do, but be aware of, is that long-term added frequented the temple we see in the temple did not need anything to help, we give rise to donations, did not have to wait until someone dies or new pain next. And in case I go and recite wedding procession done that we wanted to offer training, we must think like this: 'I was out of compassion for our parents chanting, merit was extremely, I just know the play center practicing Buddhism to pray quickly escape samsara and merit (alms, vows) This one needs to be super parents born Ecstasy '. From the time before, during, and after the offerings, we must repeat that. My sincere aspiration and dedication, at the same time we see the immediate teacher symbolizes compassion (not workers chant) and I have deep respect. If you do so, we have turned the city paid the pure generosity.
* Not only new temples where we perform well for Giving
We can perform alms everywhere with all species: like the dog a bone, the bird a piece of bread, a county road ant, v ... v .... Specifically least when we go on the streets begging for alms. But when we have to practice alms giving alms to decorum not disdainful. Giving decent or clean the vows we know, consciousness, and dedication before, during and after giving. For example, I met an old woman standing in the corner asking for money Metro. I almost get the money back, but not up front, standing vow to prepare. There are two cases:
1) We see objects old grandmother is a Bodhisattva incarnations do to our old woman performing alms. So we will vow to become a Buddha to save sentient beings and alms merit to Buddhahood.
2) If you can not see the lady was an incarnation of Bodhisattva is, we pray, saying, 'Let her quick escape misery of birth, aging, illness, death, and we merit this generosity bridge liberation mortal mau, mau become Buddhas or '(if one is Bodhisattva).
There is a mistake that is often committed, that's when we dislike a teacher does and then we stop always on alms! A teacher is not the only object of the generosity. We can go home and give to children to grandchildren, the extended family, or a friend, so far as alms for Charities (Croix Rouge, UNICEF, Médecins du Monde, Médecins sans frontières, .. .) or for other species such as birds, chickens, is, ... The object of widespread generosity and immense, important in that we want to give alms or not? If you want, we always find the object; otherwise, it would not feel worthy of me who the charity at all.
* We should direct Bell
Long long remembered Buddha, we bought fruit brought into the temple offerings to Buddha. But while in the temple we should not put off for the Huong sign saying, 'Hey, you or uncle offered me protection for Buddha'. Doing so lost all my gratitude to Buddha. And further that we will not have the opportunity to pray and merit of alms. Thus, it is whether we have bought some flowers brought into the temple car Buddhist worship, it does not get merit at all, much was made more cheerful temple only. In real life people still say 'at the heart of many', let alone one as the Buddha but generosity 'of many little hearts' or what?

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8. Conclusion

Read here one wonders, only one of generosity alone that star author wrote a lengthy process that? We should sympathize with the author for the reasons already outlined in the first part book. The author is loath to speak out lengthy because I have long despised generosity, from where we come to despise misunderstood, from where mistakes did involve reputable Jewels. Meanwhile, Dana is a very precious virtues, as well of the great personalities of the Bodhisattva, the Buddha. However, after reading if you can not remember how many kinds of alms, to give alms for the right type, we can summarize three simple things: the vow, awareness, and dedication. Before Bell's standing right back, blindly vow, not going anywhere, but hurry, because as important as alms recite the same. Finished my vow of generosity, while attentively alms have carefully considered our audience (the receiver) as well as a bodhisattva or a benefactor so. After Bell finished a minute I close my eyes to merit salvation and give life and death, or rebirth Ecstasy (if we cultivate Pure Land) or Buddhahood (if one is Bodhisattva).
The vows and dedication are very important. Let us notice how, just after the Beijing temple anywhere and have a short dedication. But for readers accustomed too, like eating breakfast, so we need to get the ball to do for tired.
In short we need more handouts, said Bell, Bell set clean because of Giving (include: give, donate, donation, offering, offerings) is a most beautiful act which man can give human, and Bell is also very important platform for which the operator Bodhisattva can not be flawed.
After all, if we meet these new Buddhist refuge generosity do not know why, then let's please guide and advise them, even if we meet the Buddhist temple went perennial forget, neglect or no longer remember how to Giving indecent, we do France pilots by giving them the booklet, which is we helped rebuild this Buddhism. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/6/2015.