{"id":949,"date":"2020-12-08T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/?p=949"},"modified":"2020-12-08T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:18:26","slug":"buddha-and-the-poor-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"Buddha and the poor man."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day a poor man asked the Buddha, &#8220;Why am I poor?&#8221;  The Buddha replied: The reason you are poor is because you do not know how to share and do not know how to share.<br>    Hearing the Buddha&#8217;s order, the poor man replied to the Samma Samputa: &#8220;I am very sorry, I have nothing to share with others.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201113_060402_817.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201113_060402_817.jpg 474w, http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201113_060402_817-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blessed One replied, &#8220;You have many things to share with others.&#8221;<br>\n You have a face, you can smile, give a smile to others, make others happy.<br>\n You have a mouth, you can use your mouth to say nice words, say useful words, encourage others, make others happy.<br>\n The wise can give knowledge to others to dispel the darkness. You have the heart, you should learn to open your heart to others with purity, honesty, truth with compassion.<br>\n You have a pair of eyes, you can look at others with compassion.<br>\n  You have a body, you can use your physical strength to help others when they are in trouble, have a bad emergency all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about it, you are not poor.  &#8220;Poor heart is the name of the real poor. In fact, we can all be&#8221; givers &#8220;because giving does not only refer to money and material things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day a poor man asked the Buddha, &#8220;Why am I poor?&#8221; The Buddha replied: The reason you are poor is because you do not know how to share and do not know how to share. Hearing the Buddha&#8217;s order, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/?p=949\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeanpierremolle.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}