Nz VII. Almsgiving

The interpretation of "generosity" in the Great Dictionary of Buddhism is that it is to give welfare and human righteousness with compassion. That is, it refers to a practice method of accumulating merit for the benefit of others by giving money, physical strength, wisdom, etc., and seeking to accumulate merit for the benefit of others, so as to liberate oneself.

Almsgiving, which was originally the Buddha's method of exhortation to Upanishads and others, is to give to great virtues (referring to people with high morals and noble virtues, here referring to practitioners) and poor people with clothing, food, and other things. By the Time of the Mahayana, it had developed into one of the six paramitas (Bhushi Paramita, or Sandalwood Paramita), which together with both Dharma and Fearless giving expanded the meaning of almsgiving.

In today's Buddhist circles, when we say "almsgiving," we generally mean the three almsgivings, namely financial giving, Dharma giving, and fearless giving. thereinto:

Wealth: Refers to not infringing on other people's property, giving away one's own property.

Fashi: It means that the saying is enlightening.

Fearless giving: refers to not infringing on others, not making fear.

In some sects of Buddhism, there are also those who divide almsgiving into four almsgiving, eight almsgiving, and ten almsgiving, but none of these divisions are out of the scope of the three almsgiving, so there is not much to say.