{"id":11801,"date":"2023-11-30T13:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/?p=11801"},"modified":"2024-09-08T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T11:05:45","slug":"dana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/dhammadasa\/dana\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dhamma Dasa<\/p><h6>Dana, this means generosity,\u00a0 Giving freely &amp; wisely to all beings,\u00a0 in this modern age many teachers &amp; groups have been consumed by greed &amp; power,\u00a0 this is ok, if they want this type of lifestyle let them enjoy it &amp; all that comes with it, but for the individuals realizing some balance and wisdom,\u00a0 it&#8217;s good to donate,\u00a0 food, money to organizations that are truly deserving of such blessings because of one fact, they are earnestly attempting to help end suffering not only for themselves but also for the world, Charity is a giant pillar of Buddhism often forgotten,\u00a0 generosity seems to be most apparent in peoples lives when they have an audience seeing just how generous they are lol, it&#8217;s better to give and not make a big show of it, it&#8217;s better to realize full enlightenment and be humble not arrogant or judgmental of others beliefs or attempts at freedom,\u00a0 if we are truly noble ones we are the cream that rises,\u00a0 but if we remain ignorant,\u00a0 greedy, judging,\u00a0 thinking we are somehow special,\u00a0 more important,\u00a0 surely we will fall like Lucifer to the icy colds of Hell, so in closing dear friends,\u00a0 don&#8217;t be a door Matt,\u00a0 God gave us a brain for a reason,\u00a0 use it wisely,\u00a0 give freely,\u00a0 be compassionate,\u00a0 have a kind heart,\u00a0 be generous,\u00a0 help support Sanghas,\u00a0 churches. Temples,\u00a0 people,\u00a0 animals,\u00a0 Generosity,\u00a0 Humility,\u00a0 open mindedness,\u00a0 &amp; Loving kindness are sure fire ways to Sukka here &amp; now, it&#8217;s like this moment here<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Naturenspirit@gmail.com\">Email<\/a><\/p><p>Views: 44<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhamma DasaDana, this means generosity,\u00a0 Giving freely &amp; wisely to all beings,\u00a0 in this modern age many teachers &amp; groups have been consumed by greed &amp; power,\u00a0 this is ok, if they want this type of lifestyle let them enjoy it &amp; all that comes with it, but for the individuals realizing some balance and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[26,27],"class_list":["post-11801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dhamma-lesson","tag-course","tag-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15450,"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11801\/revisions\/15450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}