march31

One important type of charity is

the giving of material things such as

food, clothing and shelter to others,

but it is limited, for it does not bring

complete satisfaction. Just as our own

experience confirms that through

gradual purification of our minds

more and more happiness develops,

so it is the same for other;

thus it is crucial that they understand

what they should adopt in practice

in order to achieve happiness.

To facilitate their learning these topics,

we need to be fully capable

of teaching them.

提供物質資源像食物, 衣服, 庇護之處等等

是一種重要的布施, 但卻是有限的,

因為它不能帶來完全的滿足.

就像我們從自己的經驗裡已經證實

只要讓我們的心靈更為純淨,

就能產生更多的快樂,

對別人也是一樣的,

因此讓他們知道該怎麼練習

可以成就快樂是非常重要的.

為了幫助他們在這些議題上的學習,

我們需要有足夠的能力來教導他們.