Tricycle Daily Dharma December 3, 2012

Gifting What is Precious When we give, we need to do so with the awareness that our gift will be both appropriate and helpful. It is not an act of generosity, for example, to give money to a wealthy person or alcohol to a child. We also give what we can afford; we don’t jeopardize our own health or well-being. At the same time, we can give what is precious to us, what is difficult to give, because of our attachment to it. - Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, “Generosity (and Greed) Introduction"