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Can Generosity be Poison?

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I read on the internet Mahasi Sayadaw once said: > "For example, if a generous person obtains something precious and > valuable, his first thought is to offer it to someone else rather than > to use it for his own pleasure." So a person, in being devoid of craving, or in cultivating detachment, shows "generosity" in giving someone else the object of the craving and allowing them to bear the craving in themselves. This seems both perverse and ubiquitous in the literature. Where is the "generosity" in spreading the disease of attachment?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu (48141 rep)
Apr 28, 2019, 08:39 PM
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