(I) Giving （一）布施
| 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation
| 82、街头乞丐给不给钱呢？ |
82. Should We Give Money to Street Beggars? |
| 问：眼下街头乞丐日渐增多，且行乞方式各异，每每碰到，我在以前差不多都要给的，有时没零钱就给10块、5块。现在有时候想想，我到底是在帮他呢？还是在害他呢？请教诸位，若见此境时，该如何用心，给不给呢？ |
Question: There are increasingly more street beggars these days, and they beg in many different ways. In the past, whenever I encountered one, I would almost always give something—sometimes 10 or 5 yuan if I had no small change. But now I sometimes wonder: am I helping them, or harming them? I ask everyone: when encountering such a situation, how should one apply one’s mind? Should one give or not? |
| 答：净慧大和尚总是在口袋里装一些零钱。遇到乞丐就布施给他们。有人问大和尚：“那些乞丐有些是假的，您也给吗？”，大和尚说：“不管真假，他都很可怜，他乞讨，就是放弃了尊严，放弃了尊严的人，难道不可怜吗？”，又说：“另外，他至少给了我们布施的机会。” |
Answer: Venerable Jinghui always kept some small change in his pocket. Whenever he encountered beggars, he would give them alms. Someone asked him, “Some of those beggars are frauds. Do you still give to them?” The Venerable replied, “Whether they are genuine or not, they are pitiable. To beg is to relinquish one’s dignity. Is a person who has relinquished their dignity not pitiable?” He also said, “Moreover, they at least give us an opportunity to practice generosity.” |
