Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
Gautama BuddhaRead
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.
Interpretation
Generosity leads to true wealth, while greed offers no real benefit.
This quote by Gautama Buddha highlights the importance of kindness and generosity in relation to wealth. It suggests that those who use their resources to help others and enrich their communities are the ones who truly possess wealth, while those who hoard their riches without sharing will ultimately gain nothing of value in life.
In practice
In a speech about charity at the community center, I quoted Buddha's perspective on wealth.
Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.
Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.
Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.
Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are.
Your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our #β thoughts we can change our lives.
I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.
So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.
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