The Buddha taught: "If you knew what I knew about generosity, you wouldn't let one meal go by without sharing it."
i found this article on the subject and thought i would share it.
http://www.vipassanahawaii.org/article_mms1.php
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Sharing Meals
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Sharing Meals
by sattva » Sat May 15, 2010 1:53 am
Wishing: In gladness and in safety,
May all beings be at ease.
---from the Metta Sutta
May all beings be at ease.
---from the Metta Sutta
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Re: Sharing Meals
by Ben » Sat May 15, 2010 1:59 am
Thank you Sattva!
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
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Re: Sharing Meals
by BubbaBuddhist » Sat May 15, 2010 8:47 pm
Yes, thanks. One must always pay his or her debts.
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♫♫ "I was eatin' some chop suey,
With a lady in St. Louie,
When there sudden comes a knockin' at the door.
And that knocker, he says, "Honey,
Roll this rocker out some money,
Or your daddy shoots a baddie to the floor." ♫♫ --The Venerable Mr. Miggle
With a lady in St. Louie,
When there sudden comes a knockin' at the door.
And that knocker, he says, "Honey,
Roll this rocker out some money,
Or your daddy shoots a baddie to the floor." ♫♫ --The Venerable Mr. Miggle
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Re: Sharing Meals
by tiltbillings » Sat May 15, 2010 8:52 pm
For hatred, friendliness is the antidote, not to see unpleasant people; or by encouraging the pleasures that come from associuation in such matters as common meals. Frienliness means to have hopes for the welfare of others, to long for it, to crave it, to delight in it. It is affection nsullied by motives of sense-desires, passion or hope of return. Shantideva in his S'ikshaasamuccya, 212 (tr. Conze)
What is the use of his knowledge
pertaining to the number of insects in the whole world?
Rather, inquire into his knowledge of
that which is to be practised by us
-- Dharmakirti
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond.
SN I, 38.
Níl sa saol seo ach ceo
There is naught in this life but mist
Is ní bheimid beo ach seal beag gearr.
And we will not be alive but a short hard time.
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Re: Sharing Meals
by cooran » Sat May 15, 2010 9:45 pm
Hello all,
This is what the Buddha said:
"If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given, nor would the stain of miserliness overcome their minds. Even if it were their last bite, their last mouthful, they would not eat without having shared, if there were someone to receive their gift. But because beings do not know, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they eat without having given. The stain of miserliness overcomes their minds."
— Iti 26
Generosity ~ dana, caga
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... index.html
with metta
Chris
This is what the Buddha said:
"If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given, nor would the stain of miserliness overcome their minds. Even if it were their last bite, their last mouthful, they would not eat without having shared, if there were someone to receive their gift. But because beings do not know, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they eat without having given. The stain of miserliness overcomes their minds."
— Iti 26
Generosity ~ dana, caga
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... index.html
with metta
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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