Wordie: Mendicant: Comments

Comment by bilby, 2 months ago

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:54:45 +0000

I know a person who labours, yet is unpaid for it in a formal way. He therefore relies on his mendicant existence for sustenance. He says this lifesyle is positive for the world because when people see him picking up rubbish beside the road - that's what he does - they are moved to be generous. It is 'love' that motivates such generosity. Therefore he sees that the product of his lifestyle is love, not mooching.

Comment by limberbellona, 2 months ago

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:08:43 +0000

1 year later, limberbellona is agreeing with you

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:16:18 +0000

Nothing against anyone who willingly practices a mendicant lifestyle for spiritual reasons... but the pragmatist in me has to question the logic of it. It appears to me that it's basically turning oneself into a mooch, which seems like an inherently selfish thing to do. Wouldn't it be better, in theory, to live a life of generosity, sharing what one has earned legitimately through hard work, rather than to leech off of other peoples' labor?