Generosity and Service
This past weekend I supported a local gathering of my Buddhist community. A quote that stuck with me from the weekend is by 13th century Japanese monk Nichiren Daishonin:
“If one gives food to others, one will improve one’s own lot, just as, for example, if one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one’s own way.”
It has brought up for me many questions around generosity and service. Where am I holding back, because I feel I don’t have enough? What are the areas of my life that lie “in the dark” where by helping others I could start helping myself? Am actually super selfish and focus too much on boundary setting and focussing on my own things instead of lending a helping hand?
At the core I notice that generosity and service always give me a feeling of opening my heart while fear of not having enough and looking away when I see someone struggle closes my heart.
Where could you light a fire for someone else today to brighten your own path?
In the spirit of Japan: The photo is from 2013 when I was travelling in Japan where we found this super fun art installation.
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