I’ve told you that when we give something, we should not think we are the ones doing the giving. That’s what it means. If that person doesn’t deserve these things, we cannot give to him, no matter how sincere we are. Isn’t it so? (Yes.) His merit and our goodwill should work together. That is number one. Number two, I’ve told you that we come and go empty-handed. What do we truly have to “give” to others? Therefore, when we give things, we should not feel proud. Does this make sense? (Yes.) Yeah. OK. The same, which I have told you, it might be our karma that we owed him something in previous lives, and we came back now to return the favor. […]
When we live in this world, there is always a reason for getting or not getting things. We don’t have to care about who is doing charity or making offerings, and who is the recipient. If you think about it clearly, a wise person should understand this. If we don’t understand, we’d feel uneasy in whatever we do. […]
And if we receive people’s favor, we’d feel grateful to them, never forget, and then we’d get involved with their karma. Understand? Whenever we think of someone, we’re in connection with them. That’s why I say, do not covet the possessions of others. That’s why. If it comes really naturally, then it’s ours, no need to thank him. But because most people in the world don’t understand this, so when he gives us something, he cannot forget it, thinking that we owe him something. […] We know that it’s not his belongings, but he doesn’t know. So, we’d better avoid those worldly socializing, thus saving the trouble of having difficulty swallowing it, and difficulty digesting it. […]
