But not the old Tôn! Bestowed with a third eye, he only needed to open ferociously his eyes to see beyond forms and take hold of people’s inner selves or their true nature! The Buddha repeated endlessly: “Don’t see me by forms, don’t follow me by sounds”! Nowadays people are cheating each other a bit too… frequently. The crafty swindles the naïve one. Advertising is sweet to the ears, marketing is pleasant to the eyes. At time, it is advisable to widely open one’s third eye!

The point is “giving without fixation on appearance, without dwelling on [the giver, the receiver and the act of giving]”. It is not about “not giving”.
Giving must be, needs to be maintained and still is necessary. “If you cannot feed one hundred persons, then just feed one of them” (Mother Theresa). One should give in the way that brings happiness to everybody, freeing them from anxiety and fear. This is this way of giving that the Buddha entrusted the Bodhisattva to teach this sutra to others, even with just “one stanza of four lines”.

Such is the “Perfection of Generosity” and the other perfections are likewise. “One must not dwell on anything while giving”, then one must not dwell on anything while practice the perfection of Ethics, not dwell on anything while practice the perfection of Forbearance, etc… One should not be attached to, nor seize upon anything not only while giving, but also when holding precepts. It is not easy! Because it is not easy that one must practice and train oneself for a long time!