Comments on: Giving and Knowing http://blog.samadhicushions.com/giving-and-knowing/ Blogging From Samadhi Cushion's Staff Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan B http://blog.samadhicushions.com/giving-and-knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Alan B Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:56:05 +0000 http://blog.samadhicushions.com/?p=1341#comment-1715 Thank you for the article. I hope you will continue with the blog. I don't see a new article for August or Sept. Alan Thank you for the article. I hope you will continue with the blog. I don’t see a new article for August or Sept.
Alan

]]> By: Jamie http://blog.samadhicushions.com/giving-and-knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Jamie Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:38:21 +0000 http://blog.samadhicushions.com/?p=1341#comment-1692 Volunteering and charity are ways in which we practice generosity that bring benefit to others and ourselves. Generosity of spirit does the same. But one form of generosity I find heartbreakingly lacking is the removal from the grasp of lower-middle class and impoverished people of access to meditation supplies and sometimes meditation communities. Benches, zafus and zabutons are priced way beyond construction costs. Some centers cost up to $40 a month for "membership." And yoga? Forget it. Not even middle class people can afford $12 a class. It's very sad, but so many people, in order to turn a larger profit, keep the dharma away from some of those who need it most. Volunteering and charity are ways in which we practice generosity that bring benefit to others and ourselves. Generosity of spirit does the same.

But one form of generosity I find heartbreakingly lacking is the removal from the grasp of lower-middle class and impoverished people of access to meditation supplies and sometimes meditation communities.

Benches, zafus and zabutons are priced way beyond construction costs. Some centers cost up to $40 a month for “membership.” And yoga? Forget it. Not even middle class people can afford $12 a class.

It’s very sad, but so many people, in order to turn a larger profit, keep the dharma away from some of those who need it most.

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