Long-term good deeds will be rewarded 

长远行善必获善报

To do good deeds, you have to be persistent. You can't think that when you do a little good deed, you immediately ask for a return. Just like, doing good bank deposits, you can't do a good deed for 5 yuan and immediately ask for 100 yuan in return, do it slowly, sincerely, and accumulate more, your blessings will come back to you, and, the more you do, the faster and more you will be rewarded ......

                    ------- Zhuge Changqing

Venerable Yuan Yin:Why do some people produce induction and even miracles soon after doing good deeds, while others do nothing and have no good rewards at all?

It is a generally accepted phenomenon that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil, and there is nothing wrong with that. The question is whether what a person does is truly good or truly evil, and this must be clearly distinguished before a proper conclusion can be made. For example, a judge is impartial and enforces the law like a mountain, accepting no guilt from the family of the suspect and never showing favouritism.

Another example is a teacher who is very strict in invigilating examinations, and who punishes the offenders as soon as they are found, this kind of 'evil' is not true 'evil'. Conversely, a judge who is easy-going to everyone and who is very 'humane' in his sentencing and punishment of criminals, and who is accommodating in every way, is not necessarily 'good'. This 'goodness' is not necessarily true. As a result, these people's future rewards are often not what one would expect.

Furthermore, why do some people not feel rewarded for their good deeds? This may be due to the following factors.

   (1) The person's karma may be very heavy, so the charity he or she gives is out of proportion to his or her past karma. As the Buddhists once said, 'If one does good deeds, one will prosper, and if one does not prosper, one's body or ancestors will have a residual suffering, and when the suffering is over, one will prosper; if one does evil deeds, one will suffer, and if one does not suffer, one's body or ancestors will have a residual suffering, and when the suffering is over, one will suffer. This is also the reason why a person who has done good or evil sometimes does not immediately receive the retribution he deserves.

   (2) The good deeds done may not be truly 'good'. A 'good' deed should be done out of purely 'altruistic' motives, with no regard for the 'reward' that will come from doing it, or for one's own benefit. or the 'benefit' that will accrue to you. If one gives alms with the intention of 'benefiting oneself', or even with the intention of gaining fame, then based on such 'selfish' motives, the meaning of giving alms is not the same, and the future 'reward Therefore, it is best not to do good deeds with the intention of reward. Therefore, it is best to give without the desire for good rewards. This kind of giving without seeking good rewards can in fact lead to greater 'merit' and more good rewards.

   (3) If one gives alms regularly, one may not be too careful, but one may not be too careful and cause karmic obstacles in one's body, mouth and mind (e.g. one may have hurt someone with one's hand or done something harmful to someone, or one may not practise one's mouth and cause damage to one's reputation, or one may have bad thoughts such as greed, jealousy and hatred in one's heart, or one may be ungrateful to one's parents, or treat people unkindly, or one may let a dog hurt someone, or one may lack a sense of public morality and cause (The good and the bad cancel each other out, and as a result, there is no merit to speak of. It is just like a person who often deposits money in the bank, but on the other hand keeps writing cheques, so that at the end of the month, there is very little left in the bank, and sometimes even an overdraft.

   Therefore, one should not only try to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, but also pay attention to practising or strictly observing the precepts (not to kill, steal, prostitute or drink, etc.) so as not to offset good deeds with bad deeds, just as one should work hard to increase one's income, but also pay attention to reducing unnecessary expenses so as to increase one's wealth.

    做善事，要持之以恒，不能认为做了一点好事就立刻要求回报。就象，做好事银行存款一样，你不能做了5元的好事，立刻要求回报100元，慢慢的做，诚心的去做，真诚的去做，积累多了，你的福报就会回到你身上，而且，你做得越多，回报越快、越多......

                    ------- 诸葛长青

圆因法师:为什么有些人做善事后很快就产生感应，甚至发生奇迹，而有些人却毫无作用，根本没有善报。

善有善报，恶有恶报乃是一般公认的现象，并没有错。问题乃是在一个人所做所为是不是真正的善，或真正的恶，必须分辨清楚，才能正确的定论。例如一个法官铁面无私，执法如山，毫不接受罪嫌家属的关说，做事绝不徇私。

又如一位老师在监考时非常严厉，一发现违规即照章处罚，这种‘恶’便不是真正的‘恶’。反之一位法官如果对任何人都很随和，对罪犯的判决和处罚也非常具有‘人情味’，处处予以通融，则这种‘善’也不一定是真正的‘善’。因此这些人将来的果报也就常常不符合一般人所想像的那样。

此外，为何有些人行善后不觉得有善报？这可能有下列几个因素：
   （１）此人可能业障很重，因此所做的一些布施与过去的业障相较，简直还不成比例，这时自然就会不能产生明显的效果，正如一个曾经贪渎或倒会几百万元，后来捐了几千元或几万元作善事，便想获得善报是一样不切实际，因此必须长远布施行善，持之以恒，将来才能收到真正的效果。佛家曾云：‘为善必昌，为善如不昌，其身或祖上必有余殃，殃尽乃昌；为恶必殃，为恶如不殃，其自身或祖上必有余昌，昌尽乃殃。’一个人为善为恶之后，有时未能立即获得应有的报应，其理由也在此。
   （２）所作的善事可能并非真正的‘善’。所谓‘善’应该是纯粹出于‘利他’的动机，为解救别人的不幸或痛苦才不顾一切的施予援手，完全不考虑作此事后，将有何种的‘回报’，或对自己将有何种的‘好处’。如果在布施时，一再考虑‘自身的好处’，甚至只是存心沽名钓誉，那么基于这种‘自私’的动机，则布施的意义就不一样，将来的‘果报’自然也就大打折扣，因此行善时最好不要心存回报。这种不求善报的布施，事实上反而能获得更大的‘功德’，以及更多的善报。
   （３）如果经常布施行善，固然功德不少，然而也可能平时由于不大注意而造成了身、口、意各方面的一些业障，（例如曾经出手伤人，做事害了人，或不修口德，使人名节受损，或心中常有贪婪、嫉妒、嗔恨等等不良的杂念，或对父母不孝，待人不仁不善，或纵狗伤人，或缺乏公德心，造成噪音毒气、废水等等各种的公害，其他类似之事等等）因此‘一恶破九善’‘火烧功德林’善恶两者互相抵销，结果也就毫无功德可言。正如一个人，经常在银行存款，然而一方面却也不断开付支票，结果到月底结算，银行存款所剩无几，甚至有时还会透支的现象一样。

   因此为人不仅要尽量行善积德，而且平时更要注意修持或严守戒律（不杀盗淫妄酒等等）以免造成恶业抵销善行，正如一个人除了要努力工作增加收入外，还要注意减少无谓的支出，这样才能增进财富，道理完全一样，因此修福与修慧两者都很重要，应该同时并重，不可偏废才是。

What are the acts of abstaining from killing and releasing

 戒杀与放生的行为包括哪些

 1. Do not kill a living being with your own hands.

　　2. Do not abet others to kill.

　　3. Do not help others to kill.

　　4. Abstain from eating meat.

　　5. Do not engage in trades related to killing.

　　6、Whenever there is worship, regardless of what is being worshipped, use vegetarian dishes, flowers and fruit, not animal gifts.

　　7. If you see someone killing a human being, you should discourage them or buy the animal to be slaughtered with money and release it. If this does not work, or if the person does not sell the animal, then you should have compassion for the slaughtered animal, and even better if you can recite the Buddha's name or mantra for it.

　　8. Do not abuse the animal.

　　9、Other actions that are contrary to killing.

　　10. Abstain from killing and releasing animals yourself, and advise others to do the same. 

   1、不亲手杀生。

　　2、不教唆别人杀生。

　　3、不帮助别人杀生。

　　4、戒除肉食。

　　5、不从事与杀生有关的行业。

　　6、凡有祭拜，不管拜的是什么，一律用素菜、鲜花、水果，不用牲礼。

　　7、见人杀生，应加劝阻，或用钱将临宰之动物买而放之。若劝阻无效，或他不卖，则应对被杀之动物起同情心，若能为它念佛号或往生咒更好。

　　8、不虐待动物。

　　9、其他与杀生行为相反之行为。

　　10、自己戒杀放生，也劝别人戒杀放生。 

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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