Published On:Thursday 23 October 2014
Posted by Celebrate Life Style information Blog
The Benefits of Alms-giving and Charity
Furthermore, the donor will enjoy special benefits such as longevity, good looks, great strength, great wisdom, fame and followers, happiness and free from sorrow, free from miseries and danger, free from diseases. He will be honoured by devas and men; he will have a chance to live happily together with his loved ones.
Charity softens the hearts of
both the donor and the donee. It can make uncultured persons cultured. It can
settle all matters successfully. It can make others listen to one’s words. It
can directly or indirectly bring about the worldly riches of a Universal
Monarch, King of all human-beings (cakkavatti), King of gods (Sakka) or Brahma
and the supra-mundane benefits of gaining Savakaparami-nana (Ariya lay-devotees
of Buddha), Pacceka-bodhinana (Little-Buddha who knows Ariya Truths Himself but
can’t preach others to know), or Samma-sambodhinana (Buddha). It can help in
attaining Jhana, Magga, Phala, and realizing Nibbana.
The benefits mentioned above are
just a few and general. The benefits of alms-giving are so numerous that they
cannot be mentioned in detail. No one except the Buddha can understand all the
benefits of giving to charity.
Therefore, everyone should make
great efforts to give to alms-giving and charity.
