During the time of Buddha people used to come to Buddha to solve all their problems. Oneday a poor old woman came to Buddha with a hope to become rich. She asked to Buddha, why am I so poor? What we need to do to become rich? Is learning to get not enough? Do I need to learn to give also?
One day an old women came and asked to Buddha..............
Old Woman : Why I am so poor?
Buddha reply : You are poor because you do not learn to give?
“Learning to get is not enough we also need to learn 'How to give others?' If you give something than you will get everything."
Poor Woman : I have nothing to give.
Buddha : You have few things to give, not less at all.
Face: You can smile, enjoy, cheerful and happy.…
Mouth: You can speak with kind words, encourage people, cheerful and give them comfort.
Heart : You can open your heart to the others by sincere, truthful and kindness.
Eyes : You can looking at the others with kindness and compassion.
Hand : You can use your hand to help out the others.
See…. You are not poor at all.
Poor in our heart are the real poor.
According to Buddhism poverty is bad because it involves dukkha , best translated as “ill-being” in this context. The goal of the Buddhist path is to end our dukkha , and that does not imply any significant distinction between worldly dukkha and some other spiritual type. So Buddhism does not and cannot value poverty that is a source of dukkha. Poverty means lacking the basic material requirements for leading a decent life free from hunger, exposure and disease. The basic needs of a monastic provide a useful benchmark: food sufficient to alleviate hunger and maintain one’s health, clothing sufficient to be socially decent and to protect the body, shelter sufficient for serious engagement with cultivating the mind, and health care sufficient to cure and prevent disease. People who voluntarily renounce worldly possessions and pleasures in favor of a life of such minimal needs belong to the community of “noble ones” (ariyapuggala ).
There is a causal relationship between material poverty and social deterioration, according to the Lion’s Roar Sutra. It tell the story of a monarch who at first relied upon the Buddhist teachings but later began to rule according to his own ideas. He did not give property to the needy, with the result that poverty became widespread. Due to poverty one man took what was not given and was arrested; when the king asked him why, the man said he had nothing to live on. So the king gave him some property, saying that it would be enough to carry on a business and support his family.
Exactly the same thing happened to another man, and when other people heard about this they too decided to steal so they would be treated in a similar way. Then the king realized that if he continued to give property to such men, theft would continue to increase. So he decided to get tough on the next thief: “I had better make an end of him, finish him off once for all, and cut his head off.” And he did.
Also see the story of a beautiful woman Melina
Old Woman : Why I am so poor?
Buddha reply : You are poor because you do not learn to give?
“Learning to get is not enough we also need to learn 'How to give others?' If you give something than you will get everything."
Poor Woman : I have nothing to give.
Buddha : You have few things to give, not less at all.
Face: You can smile, enjoy, cheerful and happy.…
Mouth: You can speak with kind words, encourage people, cheerful and give them comfort.
Heart : You can open your heart to the others by sincere, truthful and kindness.
Eyes : You can looking at the others with kindness and compassion.
Hand : You can use your hand to help out the others.
See…. You are not poor at all.
Poor in our heart are the real poor.
According to Buddhism poverty is bad because it involves dukkha , best translated as “ill-being” in this context. The goal of the Buddhist path is to end our dukkha , and that does not imply any significant distinction between worldly dukkha and some other spiritual type. So Buddhism does not and cannot value poverty that is a source of dukkha. Poverty means lacking the basic material requirements for leading a decent life free from hunger, exposure and disease. The basic needs of a monastic provide a useful benchmark: food sufficient to alleviate hunger and maintain one’s health, clothing sufficient to be socially decent and to protect the body, shelter sufficient for serious engagement with cultivating the mind, and health care sufficient to cure and prevent disease. People who voluntarily renounce worldly possessions and pleasures in favor of a life of such minimal needs belong to the community of “noble ones” (ariyapuggala ).
There is a causal relationship between material poverty and social deterioration, according to the Lion’s Roar Sutra. It tell the story of a monarch who at first relied upon the Buddhist teachings but later began to rule according to his own ideas. He did not give property to the needy, with the result that poverty became widespread. Due to poverty one man took what was not given and was arrested; when the king asked him why, the man said he had nothing to live on. So the king gave him some property, saying that it would be enough to carry on a business and support his family.
Exactly the same thing happened to another man, and when other people heard about this they too decided to steal so they would be treated in a similar way. Then the king realized that if he continued to give property to such men, theft would continue to increase. So he decided to get tough on the next thief: “I had better make an end of him, finish him off once for all, and cut his head off.” And he did.
Also see the story of a beautiful woman Melina
