萬人施米渡萬人肚

If you have ever visited Bodhgaya, India – the place where Buddha Shakyamuni enlightened, you must have been impressed by the large crowd of helpless beggars on the streets. You must have been feeling very sorry for them without knowing the appropriate ways to help them…….

Many people have said: “It was feeling so painful to see those poor people living in this way in Bodhgaya. It made me realize how lucky we were…”

Buddhist Sutra indicated that giving was not an easy task for the poor. One of the reasons for being poor in this life was because of being not giving in past lives. Being poor could cause the giving even much more difficult to result in reincarnating in the poor again and again. Understanding this cause and effect would be able to liberate the poor from the poor.

Giving is the first practicing stage of Six Paramitas. Giving is one of the ways for beings to be on the path of getting enlightened. Giving is also the way of accumulating the “benefits” within the short period of time in life. In the beginning of 2009, the principal of Taiwan Kagyu Buddhist Institute started the first time Rice Giving project during the 26th Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya, India. There were about one thousand five hundred kilograms of rice given to the local poor people. Thousands of poor people received the rice with smiles on their faces. His Holiness Kalu Rinpoche also acclaimed and supported the project by blessing the people who were lining up for receiving the rice, and all the participated people were reciting “OM MA NI PADME HUNG” all together during the event.

Taiwan Kagyu Buddhist Institute has been continuing this Rice Giving project in Taiwan. This project will be ended on December 31, 2009. All the donated funds will be used to purchase rice to give to the poor people in Bodhgaya again. If there would be any excessive rice left from the project, they will be offering to all the Buddhist temples in Bodhgaya to achieve the “no-differentiation” offering.

We welcome all of you to join us to bring the love to the Bodhgaya in the end of 2009. If you would like to donate funds for this project, please make a remittance to the bank account listed in the following:

Account Name	Taiwan Kagyu Buddhist Institute
Bank Code	(ICBC twtp) 007
Account Number	007-09-09585-0
Telephone No.	886-(02)25210959
Bank Name	MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO.,LTD.
Address	NO.100CHI-LIN RD.TAIPEI CTTY,TAIWAN

If you would need a receipt, please e-mail us your mailing address. We will mail the receipt to you. We greatly appreciate your attention and compassion. Thank you very much for your help.