The Benefits Of Generosity

I agree there are many many misconceptions about the generosity.

You know like usually people think generosity is something only worldly benefits.

Or sometimes people think it is like only enlightenment benefit.

So people forgot there is more than that.

There is many levels of benefits from the generosity.

So for instance there are four categories.

You can categorize as four different generacies.

One is the materialism gift,

You know like gift of wealth.

And then of course you can give the protection,

Give the protection security gift.

And you know you save other people's life.

The other thing is Dharma given.

So Dharma given you have to be careful.

Because if you are not qualified then you guard the wrong way.

So that's why it's.

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And also more importantly you have to be a role model.

You have to be perfect to your behavior,

Your conduct.

You know you have to set up a good example.

Not enough you just intellectually knowing information and try to tell other people that.

But the most important you have to be a good example.

And then is really a real given Dharma.

So that is the best gift and best generosity.

So that one these people don't have to even focus anything given material or those things you know.

The other one is given kindness,

You know,

Love and kindness.

You know so that means people have nothing to give material wealth.

And even I don't have so much knowledge or wisdom but still kindness is always really gift.

So you know so that's why this is all.

So what the benefit is usually people think is somebody generous.

The generosity is good and everybody think is good that's all.

And people respect and that's only their care or sometimes even just showing off.

So that is the yeah that's not good that is the worst your generosity.

But some people think is only generosity need for enlightenment.

But it's not that is because Buddha himself said it.

If you want to be wealthy,

If you are even materialism or health and youth and you know very healthy or wisdom or whatever.

Any kind of richness is important you be generous.

You know so that's Buddha himself said.

So that means yes of course many people want to be a possibility and they want to reach and they have a lot of good like and everything goes well and always success.

People want that and then people try to do many things for that and some people just working very very hard and you know and make yourself unhealthy.

And you know some people are very very strange and then you try to save money.

You know some people you know like they try to steal you know whatever things they do.

But you know the most the most important be generous.

You know be generous means it's not you have to keep everything away but always try to think these four ways generous which one you can do it.

You know like are you qualified given dharma or that not not so easy.

But you definitely capable to give a kindness to people you know kindness you know and then kindness means usually more come to the action.

So that means you help other people you know you work in other people you're not always thinking something payback or you know.

Yeah so it's that is already you are generous you know and is also come to the materialism and you always try to be a sea opportunity to give something.

You know it's not necessarily have to be given very big and something more than you can afford but you have to see something connected with the holiness something is holy or otherwise something is very poor or you know like you know for jar.

And yes the so anything you know like needs you always you see as like opportunity to make yourself to be rich to be wealthy.

Every time you see something to offer or to give something either your work or either your time either your energy either your kindness either your material gift or anything.

You should see the attitude you should see always I like opportunity not like something avoid and even even you buy something somebody you not bargain too much.

Bargain down instead you have to think or they should have the profit and they I should you know give them a benefit you know and their lovelyhood and you know their wishes whatever their goals.

Think that way and you know have opportunity for this and you know like that way is the best you know like and the best sometimes we have problem because if somebody give free or very cheap then they think it's all maybe not not much worth.

And if it's expensive then you think is really good and not necessarily you have to think of the generous you know and Asia you know and I think some people paying everything and then the other people can get the majority people want free for everything.

And then always to looking for the cheapest possibility so that is long term habit you know like bad habit is because Asia quite a long time to poor you know like myself as Tibetans we are long time pay it's kind of materialism is poor so that's why always shortage so then is already build bad habit.

So then you know like when you are even you have enough everything still you not you feel as you not enough and you have to save you know you scared to lose and everything that's why we have Asia I think we have a really.

The opposite generosity we have problem that bargain you know bargain everything bargain down you know like.

So it in that kind of attitude is very hard to.

Full of the merits you know for a combination marriage because a married means you know like.

So that's why is a it is very important to when we say karma OK I have no karma.

Which means karma means and married means high level is married karma different some people are free from karma and then is.

Stereotypical accumulate merit but the lower levels karma and married is same I mean not hundred percent in bad karma we don't call married but all good karma you can call married you know so so then is the.

If you not necessarily already have so much married but you every day you have to see as a combination marriage opportunity so in that way you don't have to be incredibly stingy you know like.

So even and yeah.

And that means you making yourself longer and longer poor and other the rest of your life and other.

Making sure yourself is a kind of poor you know poverty always have to be with public poverty so that's why I'm doing so is you have to realize no matter other people rich people or generous people how much help you but also I need some kind of myself from my own side.

You know so it is not you always receive something you or instead not focusing on receiving something always the shoot focus and how you give it how you offer how you offer anything you know like it that's should the focus and attention should go there not receiving you know.

So recent is anyway you receive if you're content like container if you are not offering nature a kind of generosity nature that means you are you are like a container you know your containers poor have holes so it doesn't matter how much you receive and then.

Is goes and no matter how much you receive doesn't matter how much you receive you always go and you never become a rich because.

Your own a combination married so poor in your own is the poor means your accumulation married poor is not just so better to have to be be always generous the attitude you know no matter how your capacity current that's why the Buddha during the Buddha time.

The very very poor woman she has only.

Little bit oil to make shiny the hair nothing else that's also somebody give and then she offered this make a lump for for Buddha so then you know the Buddha realize that is more married than the kings like billions like.

Money you know offer the monks many many days you know like as a cent in you know even though it is.

The rich people paying something but you have to know the attitude you know if the attitude is like ego demand in competition or showing off and like that then even doesn't matter their home at the offer a lot but still receive incredible leader married.

But some people may be very poor but even day is the attitude is a they see the opportunity and honoring to pay so that's why they married could be huge that's why I think.

If people want to be reached and the possibility and healthy or or even your foster enlightenment path or anything you always should be honoring anything you have opportunity to offer anything you know like your kindness your action your you know like your work your time your your money and everything if you have this kind of attitude to you know offering.

Honoring attitude then doesn't matter how small and your capacity and then you always accomplished in marriage and you will be rich very soon you know every two of everything not only materialism but everything reach.

Use very soon but currently not no matter how you are reach how much I'm a rich means definitely not reach in the wisdom but you are incredible reach in the wealth butter.

Your attitude is only showing off and pride and like that then maybe better than zero of course but you can you you and then married to could be too small so that's why I think really really have to be careful and we have to watch our own attitude to you know is honoring attitude or is just bargaining attitude that's really have to be careful.