The Buddha said that if anyone is willing to give money, he can receive it when he needs it. The wealth accumulated by human beings, like honey, will always be enjoyed by others. During the Buddha's time, there was a poor Brahmin girl named Chama. One day, a fast was set up to support the sage monks and he received the eight fasting precepts. At that time, King Pingsha offered a reward to anyone who could deliver food to prisoners in the middle of the night. Chama knew that all evil spirits, ghosts, and poisonous beasts could not harm those who observed the Eight Passes of Fasting, so she went to the palace to receive the order, and took the order to carry food. On the way, I met a Rakshasa girl named Lanpo. She had just given birth to five hundred sons. She was extremely hungry and thirsty. She saw Chamo coming and wanted to hunt for food. However, because Chamo was fasting and chanting sutras, the Rakshasa girl unexpectedly She became frightened and unbearable due to hunger, so she appeared in person and begged Chama for the food she had carried. Without hesitation, Chama took out a small portion of what he had eaten and gave it to him. Because he is a ghost, a small amount of food is enough to fill his stomach. The Rakshasa girl was overjoyed and immediately gave her a cauldron of gold in return. On the other hand, if you have not sown the good causes of giving in the past, but only accumulate property through hard work in this life, the property obtained in this way will also be limited and unstable, just like bees making honey. If you are not blessed to enjoy it, it will be occupied by others, or it will be robbed, lost, or deceived. Bees have a hard time making honey. They fly between flowers and hives every day to collect pollen, and they can only get a small amount on their wings each time. Bring it back, accumulate bit by bit, go through all the troubles and hardships to brew sweet and nutritious honey, but before the exhausted bees can rest and enjoy it, the honey is easily taken away by the owner or others. Plundered. Similarly, few people can truly enjoy the wealth that has not been accumulated through charity. It is true as Patrul Rinpoche said: Living beings with few merits are as diligent as a mountain but have no real meaning. If you accumulate blessings by giving, it will be beneficial even if it is as small as a spark. Although debts have been released in this life, they may not be repaid. If you give a little money to a beggar, then the giver will definitely get a hundred times the money without diligence. Many wealthy people want to get some interest by lending money. For example, landlords and capitalists in feudal society used usury to exploit and extort people. People with moderate wealth are also willing to lend money in order to obtain other people's loans. Favor and reward. But many people will not only get no interest, but will also find it difficult to recover the principal. As the saying goes: It is easy to borrow money but difficult to pay back; when you borrow money, you are your in-laws, but when you pay back the money, you become your enemy. Some people are unable to repay their debts; some deliberately refuse to repay; some people die and their debts are wiped out. Tibetans continue to have a rule regarding debt collection: For example, if A borrows money from B, B will urge A to repay it at a certain time. , if B can’t get the money even after several reminders, he will run to A’s house and stay at A’s house until he gets the money back. There once was a Tibetan named Banma Danzeng who borrowed a lot of money from a man named Dowa. When it was time to repay, Dowa came to collect the debt again and again, but Banma Danzeng kept delaying the payment. Two or three years later in the winter, Duwa couldn't bear it anymore and broke into Banma Danzeng's home in the heavy snow. He said angrily: If you don't return the money this time, I will live in your house until I die of old age. Banma Danzeng was a little scared at first, but he calmed down a little and said slyly: I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I will definitely pay back the money. As he said this, he helped Duowa rest, served tea and prepared meals enthusiastically, and entertained Duowa beautifully. . As a result, Dowa felt embarrassed: I will go back tomorrow. As for the money, you can pay it back after you have it! Finally, Banma Shanzeng passed away, and the money was lost and could not be returned. Obtaining profits by giving out alms is much smarter than lending money. Even if you only give a small amount of money to a poor beggar, the results will be astonishing. Those who give will receive a hundred times the amount of money they give without diligence, just like the saying that one millet planted in spring will reap ten thousand grains in autumn. The beggars mentioned here can be understood at a deeper level as monks who stay away from the world, wear dung-sweeping clothes, and beg for food like beggars. Far back in the time of Kassapa Buddha, a rich man donated a pair of gold earrings to the Buddha. With this kind root, the donor could obtain the gold earrings without any effort for five hundred lives, and in the end, he also obtained the fruit of great bliss and liberation. "Treasures on Precious Garlands" says: Even if you give alms without thinking about it, you will receive a hundredfold in future generations. "The Treatise on Entering the Way" says: This is why Muni said that being born as a Buddha is better than the field of blessings. If you always respect them, you will reach the other shore of perfection. Dharma practice relies on sentient beings and other Buddhas. If you respect the Buddha but not others, how can there be such teachings? Mipham Rinpoche also said: When you observe that alms are not used, the king's wealth is impermanent. How could it be that he once obtained the wealth of turning the wheel with one mouthful of food! Knowing the extraordinary benefits of giving, both practitioners and worldly people should do whatever they can to give, and praise others' acts of giving with joy. A stingy person will never become a rich man, and a philanthropic person will never become a poor person. It seems that a stingy person does not like wealth, but a giver seems to be coveting wealth. Stingy people are reluctant to give out alms if they are afraid that giving alms will make them poor. Being stingy will inevitably lead to poverty. For this reason, a wise person will give as soon as he has property. All the things in the world are useful and do not arise without cause or fate. People who are wealthy today are the result of the good deeds they made in the past. The relationship between cause and effect is subtle and difficult to fathom, and cannot be fathomed by non-human beings. Therefore, the great Buddha, the all-knowing scholar, clearly told the ignorant sentient beings sinking into the sea of ??suffering: All the things that are used are from donations. produced in. There is no doubt that we, the unlearned ones, have no doubt about this Vajra Language. Moreover, in real life, there are countless such examples. A little observation will reveal that stingy people are very concerned about their possessions and cannot bear to let others possess them. The more they care about their possessions, the poorer they become.

On the contrary, the generous benefactor is willing to offer the Three Treasures at the top and give to the poor at the bottom, but his wealth keeps pouring in like summer rain. During the time of the Buddha, there was a couple who had donated a mirror, a bottle of pure water and a piece of money to the monks in their previous life. Therefore, when they were born, various strange phenomena appeared: natural well water appeared in their home; Moreover, various treasures emerged from the water. Their bodies were all golden, and their appearance was radiant and extraordinary. There is always a correspondence between what you give and what you own. Counterfeit goods turn into genuine goods, and small objects are magnified hundreds of millions of times. This is true to the famous saying: loss is for gain, dedication is for possession. According to the "Old Miscellaneous Parables": Once upon a time, there was a stingy man named Elisha. Although his family was wealthy, he never gave anything to others. One day, he hid in a deserted place and ate barbecue. When the god saw what he was doing, he turned into a dog and walked around him begging for food. Seeing that the dog was bored, Elisha said: If you put your feet up in the air, fly into the air and stay in the air, I will give you some food. As soon as he finished speaking, the dog did as he said. He was shocked, but still reluctant to share the food with the dog, so he frowned and said to himself: If your two eyeballs fall to the ground now, I will give you some food. Before he finished speaking, the dog's two eyeballs fell to the ground with a pop. Elisha was very happy and thought: Now the dog is blind and can't see anything. He picked up the rice and meat, moved to another place, and ate a hearty meal. Seeing him go away, the god suddenly transformed into his appearance and came to his house. As soon as he entered the door, he told the gatekeeper: If anyone dares to impersonate me, he will be kicked out with a stick. Then he entered the house and ordered all his property to be given to the poor. Elisha ate and drank enough, felt her belly, and hurried home with satisfaction. When he arrived at the door of his house, the gatekeeper blocked him and refused to let him in. He lost his temper and said: Bastard! Blind? I am your master. The gatekeeper said viciously: No wonder the master just ordered me to drive away the people pretending to be him. Sure enough, someone dared to pretend to be the master. With that said, he was driven away with a beating of sticks. Seeing that all her property was divided among the poor, Elisha became anxious and went crazy. From then on, she begged on the street and spent the rest of her life. The author's original intention is: A frugal person is unwilling to give, so he will not get wealth in this life and future generations, because he has lost wealth. Knowing this truth but still not giving alms, doesn’t it mean that you don’t like wealth? The same goes for giving, because giving can bring huge benefits, so those who are good at giving to others will look like they are greedy for money. Stingy fools do not understand the true meaning of giving. They think that after giving away their property, they will become poorer, so they say: The more things, the better. If you give one portion, you will lose one portion. What will I eat after giving it away? What to wear? Therefore, they determined not to give alms. It is inevitable for fools to have this concern, because they have not heard and meditated on the sutras and teachings of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and they have no wisdom in choosing and rejecting. It is really pitiful. A wise man understands that relying on charity can achieve great blessings, but being stingy and not giving will eventually lead to poverty and suffering. In addition, he cultivates the right view of emptiness and is not attached to the mind and things. Therefore, if he has a little property, he will give charity. When a wise man hears the voice of the giver, he is very happy. After giving the gift, he is even more happy when he sees that the beneficiary is freed from suffering and happy. Goods gathered in warehouses will not increase wealth, so merchants set up stalls everywhere and try their best to sell goods. In the same way, those who only know how to accumulate property but do not know how to use it correctly will not become rich. For this reason, wise people can spread their wealth in all directions. Business people are most afraid of having a backlog of goods in inventory that cannot be sold. If so, funds will not be able to function well. Goods that have been stored for a long time will not only fail to grow, but will also be lost, expired, deteriorated, or even completely destroyed. A businessman with wisdom and experience will skillfully set up stalls everywhere and promote vigorously when trading. The more buyers he has, the happier he will be, and the faster he sells, the more profit he will make. At present, in the business world, large stores have spawned many branches, and large companies have many branches. This move also illustrates this truth. Another example is that some people deposit money in the bank and can only get very little interest for a year and a half. If the bank fails, it will be even worse. Not only will they not get interest, but they will not even be able to get their principal back. There is a layman's mother who deposits her savings in the bank every year. In 1998, the deposit amount reached 100,000. However, before she could enjoy the principal and interest, the bank collapsed, and all her savings were wiped out. She could not accept this sudden misfortune, and suffered an extreme mental breakdown. She struggled in pain with tears all day long. In the same way, if you don’t practice giving, but just spend all your time accumulating property, forgetting food and sleep, you may not necessarily become rich. Wise people understand that the source of wealth is charity, so they actively distribute charity to poor people in all directions. Even if they cannot find poor people to donate to, they will find ways to give away their wealth to benefit all sentient beings. When the Buddha was in Yindi, he became a very wealthy man named Xiantan. He is a devout believer in Buddhism and is deeply aware that everything in the world is impermanent, that glory and wealth cannot last forever, that property cannot be possessed by oneself, and that only the merits and benefits of giving will not be destroyed. Therefore, he issued a notice: Anyone who lacks funds, please come and get it quickly, there is no limit to the quantity. It had been several months since the notice had been posted, but because the government was well-connected, the country was stable, and the people were living a prosperous life, no one came to ask for help. He thought hard and finally came up with a good idea: although the people were wealthy, they were inevitably suffering from headaches and fever, so it was best to buy medicine to treat everyone's illnesses. So he went shopping everywhere and got all kinds of precious medicinal materials to save the lives of all living beings. He treated and gave medicines free of charge. He showed great love and care, and his kindness was everywhere. Day after day, year after year, Xiantan's reputation spread far and wide, and patients from all over came to praise Xiantan's kindness.

Well-informed wise men warn the world: Although he has treasures worth millions, but he is unwilling to give to anyone, he is actually the poorest person in the world. People who know the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures, can say many aphorisms, are knowledgeable and have profound wisdom usually have a deep understanding of the righteousness and have a firm belief in cause and effect. They have little attachment to wealth and are willing to give away; people who are stingy by nature are reluctant to give away even if they have a lot of money. A copper coin, not to mention outsiders, even my own relatives are not willing to contribute. In this regard, the wise man lamented with compassion: Why are you so stingy? If you don't give away money when you have it, what's the point of amassing immeasurable property? In fact, you are no different from the poorest people in the world. It is said that an old woman wearing tattered black clothes can often be seen coming in and out of the building of a leading foreign joint venture bank. Most outsiders looked at her strangely and commented a lot. Little did they know, she was the largest shareholder of this bank. She has a lot of money. According to the standard of modern people's wealthy life, even if she doesn't do anything to make money, it will be enough for her to last for several lifetimes. Unfortunately, she is a notorious miser. Since all fixed assets abroad require taxes, she does not own a house of her own and has stayed in cheap hotels for many years. She had an only son who was the sole heir to her fortune. When her son was young, his leg was accidentally bruised, but she was reluctant to spend money to treat the injury. She just applied some topical medicine without knowing whether it was symptomatic or not. Later, the injury worsened and the wound ulcerated, leading to severe infection. Finally, he was paralyzed and bedridden and unable to walk. Helpless, his mother had to send him to the hospital. After the examination, the doctor told her that the child's limbs must be amputated, otherwise her life would be in danger. In this way, the rich woman's precious son became disabled.

After all, this woman is indeed the poorest person in the world. She is reluctant to enjoy herself, and she is also stingy with money to her relatives. How can such a person talk about giving to others?