By: Yuna Wu
Have you ever cared about someone you don't know and probably won't be seeing in the future? I don't know if you have, but…I have.
I was on my way home from school at that time. I had just left the MRT station when I saw a monk holding a bowl near the MRT station. At that time I saw the monk and took some money from my wallet and gave it to him. After I gave it to the monk, the monk told me thank you and I went home.
I always think it's a good thing to help people, so when I see a monk or someone who is physically handicapped begging I give them a little money to buy what they need. Our family is a Buddhist family, so when I see a monk holding a bowl, I usually give to them. In Buddhism, it is a very good thing to give to monks, so I usually do it.
There is another meaning of “to transform”, “to transform” means to transform, “to transform” means to transform, “to transform” means to transform, “to transform” means to transform. “In a broad sense, the items given to the monks can be food and drink, utensils, flowers, water, etc.” In one article there is mention of these sentences. One of the sentences mentions that “the items given to monks can be food, drink, utensils, flowers, etc.”, but I usually give money. The reason I usually give money is that I always have some money with me and I think it is the most practical to give money to buy things for them. Mainly because I don't know what they need, so giving money for them to buy it themselves I think is better.
Have you ever done something similar or helped someone you never knew and will probably see again in the future?
你有没有关心过一个你不认识，而且可能以后也不会在见面的人呢？不知道你们有没有，不过…我有过。
那个时候的我在从学校回家的路上。我刚出捷运站就看到一个和尚在捷运站的附近托钵。那个时候的我看到了那个和尚就从钱包里拿了一些钱给他。我拿给了那个和尚之后，那个和尚就跟我说谢谢，我就回家了。
我一直都觉得帮助人是一件很好的事情，所以我看到和尚或是一些因为身体残障的人在乞讨我都会给一点钱给他们买他们所需要的东西。我们家是信佛教的，所以看到和尚在托钵一般都会佈施。在佛教来讲供养和尚是一件很好的事情，所以我一般都会这么做。
“化緣還有一個含義，化是指應化、度化，緣是指因緣，義爲佛、菩薩聖者爲了某一重大因緣而現身世間，度化眾生。” “廣義來講，佈施給僧人的物品可以是飲食、用具、鮮花、清水等。”在一篇文章中有提到以上这些句子。其中有一个句子有提到“佈施和尚的物品是可以是饮食，用具，鲜花等”，但是我通常都是给钱财。我通常都是给钱的原因是因为我身上都会带点钱，给钱给他们买东西我觉得是最实在的。主要是因为我不知道他们需要什么，所以给钱让他们自己买我觉得比较好。
那你们有没有做过类似的事情，或是帮助过一个自己从来就不认识，而且可能以后也会在再见面的人呢？
The article that I found: The edge of chemistry. (2021). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%8C%96%E7%B7%A3&oldid=66208493
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