The Art of Begging | June 1, 2014
Although we hold the bowl open for an offering, the practice of takuhatsu
[begging] does not teach us to be dependent upon society, asking for
something that is not earned, or pressuring a community for an
entitlement to food or goods. Rather, it teaches us the fundamental
lessons of the Buddha: to be dependent on everyone, to live our original
homelessness, to include the homeless in thought and deed, to share
everything, to accept what comes to us, to be generous, to be humble in
society.
—Eido Frances Carney, “Zen and the Art of Begging”
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