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Generosity: Our guiding principle

I am no expert on Chinese language but here is what me teachers have told me about these characters.

There are two ways to say/write generosity in Chinese. One way uses only two characters. That way of expressing generosity is for simple or maybe, more minor acts like sharing some candy. Very nice but limited in scope.

Our motto - limitless, ego-less generosity

The use of these four characters has a very profound meaning and implication. The idea it expresses is of an unlimited generosity; one that fundamentally recognizes no giver or receiver. There is only the action taken which is necessary, made without any calculation of benefit or self-service.

As if, say, the left hand were on fire, the right hand would immediately enter the fire to pull out the other hand.

It recognizes the interdependence of all beings, abandons selfishness. It gives with no strings attached and no need for thank yous.

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