這七種不花錢就能獲大福報的好事，你做過幾件？

佛學 04-16

布施不是非錢不可

Being generous does not depend on having money

捨得捨得，有舍才有得；

Hands that give also receive,Releasing grasping opens up opportunities.

捨不得捨不得，不舍則不得。

Hands that grip also lose,Tightening that grip smothers chances.

或許有人認為：「如果說有『舍』才有『得』，那我前世可能沒有積福，今生一點錢都沒有，怎麼去作布施呢？」

Some of you may wonder, 「If it is true that 『it is only through giving that one receives,』then I must not have accumulated merit in past lives because I am so poor in this life. I am penniless,so how am I supposed to make any of-fering?」

其實，只要你用身口意去善待別人，沒有錢也照樣可以布施。

As a matter of fact, you can make offerings even without money, as long as you treat others courteously with your body, speech, and mind.

《雜寶藏經》中講了，有七種布施不花錢就能獲大果報：

In the Sutra of Miscellaneous Treasures the Buddha lists seven kinds of offer-ings that require no money but still reap great merit:

眼施：以和善的目光看別人；

Gaze offering: to look at others with kindness.

和顏悅色施：以和藹悅意的表情對待別人；

Countenance offering: to greet others with a pleasant and friendly expres-sion.

言辭施：對別人宣說柔和的語言；

Speech offering: to talk to others in gentle words.

身施：起立、迎送、禮拜父母師長，並且以自己的實際行動幫助別人；

Manners offering: to stand up when greeting parents, teachers, and el-ders; to welcome them courteously; to prostrate to them; to take actions to help others.

心施：以善良、恭敬之心對待別人；

Heart offering: to treat others with kindness and respect.

床座施：為父母師長鋪設座位，或者將自己的座位讓給他人；

Seat offering: to prepare comfortable seats for parents, teachers, and el-ders, or to give up one』s own seat to others.

房舍施：將自己的房子提供給別人住。

Dwelling offering: to offer one』s own home for others to stay.

可見，沒錢並不影響布施，這些任何人都能做到。

These kinds of offerings can be made by anyone. Therefore, a shortage of money does not hamper making offerings.

只要有心，就有機會。

Opportunities are everywhere as long as one cares.

——索達吉堪布《做，才是得到》

Khenpo Sodargye《Achieve by Doing》