What is "Greed"? VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. Human greed is like a monkey climbing up a tree to pick peaches. It sees the plump and heavy peaches on the tree, so it wants to pick it, and every fruit it wants to eat; As a result, it can't be picked up and held in hand, clamped under both armpits; Picked up to the last fruit, could not eat any fruit but still tired out of breath. >>Buddha's teachings In the Buddhist scriptures, there are many different types of greed such as greed called sex, also the meaning of aspiration, seeking, and longing. After all, what do people want? Desire for what? Human needs are not apart from greed for the five desires: form, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The eyes are greedy for beauty, the ears are greedy for sounds, the nose is greedy for scents, the tongue is greedy for delicious tastes, and the body is in contact with soft objects. But man cannot help but eat, drink, and sleep, his eyes can't help but see, his ears can't help but hear; So greed is when we demand too much. Having what you need is not greed, not needing but wanting more is greed. In fact, we don't need much, like we only need a bed to sleep, we only need to eat to eat... but people still want to pursue many things. Why do greedy people not know boredom? Human psychology is forever chasing their own desires, but the things that people want to indulge in can't be kept for long, so when they get it, they start to fear losing. For example, Money, our daily living expenses are not much, but everyone wants money to come in but no one wants to spend it, so they want to accumulate as much wealth as possible, so that the room can be needed at any time. the result becomes bottomless greed. Human greed is like a monkey climbing up a tree to pick young peaches. It sees the plump and heavy peaches on the tree, so it wants to pick it, and every fruit it wants to eat; As a result, it can't be picked up and held in hand, clamped under both armpits; Picked up to the last fruit, could not eat any fruit but still tired out of breath. Humans are often like that, being dragged by greed, bringing a lot of trouble and fatigue. There is a proverb that says: "People die for money, birds die for food". In fact, people are not only greedy for money, but also seek and win everything, trample between people and people, and argue with each other because of greed. Therefore, greed not only makes us insecure but also causes disasters to society. In the past, people's needs were the same: food, clothing, housing, and transportation. If someone, in addition to taking care of his own needs, also takes care of everyone's life, it is not called greed, as we want everyone to have enough food, clothing, a car to travel, a house. living, and doing good to help people in society is not called greed. Therefore, apart from the things we need, we should not be greedy. Knowing enough, then stopping is wisdom, the simplest way is to often pay attention to starting and moving thoughts, knowing that you are living for yourself or for others.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.28/12/2021.