Giving

“Giving” in terms of time and money to the monastery was never a consistent practice on my part. Or should it be?

These thoughts came to mind when prompted by a nun who was giving dhamma class. It was not that obvious to me. But after today’s talk, it hits me that the sangha community survived through inter-support between the lay community and services provided by the monastery. Monks and Nuns practice and practice so that they could share with us the lay people insights into buddhist teachings. In return, we need to support them in kind, whether food, daily needs or monetary to run the temple. Make sense!

To say “give” is easy. However, I questioned myself how much each time i made a decision to commit a sum. It was never easy to commit, since all sorts of needs and wants had to be set aside. I supposed it’s not that easy afterall otherwise everyone of us would be giving. Well, for a start, I’ll need to make a commitment soon.