Living Like Trees: The Hindu and Buddhist Ideal of Sharing

Fielding Hall, a British official in nineteenth-century Burma, once asked for a bill at what he had taken to be a village restaurant, and found that he had been fed as a guest in a private house. Little did he know that the simple-minded folk were just practicing one of Buddhism's fundamental ethical imperatives - the gesture of unconditioned giving.

Indeed, the primary activity which a Buddhist learns to develop is unselfish sharing, which forms a basis for further moral and spiritual development


To read the entire article---comprehensive---here's the URL: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/dana

The picture is from this magical site. thank you, Zuni.
http://zunibluesky.stumbleupon.com/

And since the land will soon be speaking with an Autumn accent, here's something to share with you:

(good for 10 minutes of "chillin' out.")


Vaughan Williams: "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"