Saturday, January 15, 2022

Almsgiving and Offerings as Dharma. At one time, the Blessed One was staying at Sàvatthi, at Jetavana, in Anàthapindika's garden. At that time, Nanda's mother, the Velukandaki landlady, made an offering consisting of six parts as an offering to the Sangha. Then the Blessed One, with his pure supernatural eye, saw Nanda's mother making an offering consisting of six parts and said to the monks: "Bhikkhus, three parts belong to the giver and three parts belong to others. receive alms items. What are the three parts belonging to the giver? The Male-stilts, the giver, before giving alms, the mind is pleased; while giving alms, the mind is purified; After giving alms, feel joyful. These are the three parts of the giver. What are the three parts of the recipient of alms? Here, the Male-stilts, those who receive alms-giving, have been freed from greed or are practicing the act of detachment; has been isolated from the yard or is practicing the practice of separation of the yard; has been divorced or is practicing the practice of seclusion. These are the three parts of the recipient of alms. Thus, bhikkhus, this is an offering of six parts. Monks, the merit of a sixfold gift is immeasurable: "It is a source of good fortune, a source of good birth, a food of peace, of the heavenly world, a fruit of pleasure and fruit, leading to heaven, leading to happiness. , auspicious, happy and peaceful”. DISCLAIMER: Giving and making offerings is a popular practice among Buddhists. However, it is not easy for both the giver and the giver to achieve giving and making offerings in accordance with the Dharma. Donors who practice giving and making offerings must first of all come from joy, completely self-consciously and voluntarily. Generating the mind of giving and making offerings must stand on the basis of pure faith. Because, If there is lack of faith, that noble deed will go astray, only fostering pride because we see that we are the giver of grace. Because "giving is not equal to giving", so it is not necessarily a lot of money that can practice net giving. On the other hand, the practice of giving and making offerings must achieve joy and happiness when bringing joy to others. These are the three basic factors that givers need to practice in order to achieve giving and making offerings as dharma. For the Sangha, who receive alms, they have to make even more efforts to perfect themselves because "gifts are always property, and property is debt". If you don't cultivate and repair your body and mind, eliminating afflictions, then "faith is hard to come by". Receiving more and more only brings more debt to the benefactor and does not create merit to dedicate to the benefactor. Therefore, along with the pure giving of the donor, the recipient of the alms-giving, Offerings must achieve pure life, ie receiving with a pure mind, the mind of the recipient has been and is getting rid of greed, anger, and delusion. Therefore, in order to give alms and make offerings like the Dharma, to gain great benefits and immeasurable merit, the benefactors and recipients must accomplish "the six-part gift" as taught by the Buddha.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.15/1/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.

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