What do you do when you see a beggar?

I would never shell out money for a beggar whatsoever his condition. It is human to feel pity for a beggar; but remember he is destined to be that way. By giving him alms u won't change the world for him. When i come across a beggar i tell him to chant the lords name as that may prove helpful to him.

Hi neo2neo, its a good question you asked. Its true that even if some are healthy they keep begging on streets. You know that it is a competetive world. Everyone is striving hard for money, including beggars. A man's stomach need to be filled in order to have his skills been put to use. One side of the world is very rich whereas the other side of the world is hungry for basic needs. Its pity to find a man begging on streets for his daily bread. I usually give beggars some amount with which he can fill his stomach well. Though its encouraging for them, imagine ourself in such a situation begging on streets for daily food when none passing by cares for you when you are dying of hunger and/or disease. Though beggars never change themselves from begging, I feel its only a very small help that I do for them by giving an amount for one day meal. We help many people around us, knowingly or even unkowingly. Why cant we help these people out for one session for food?

Giving alms is sometimes helping grow their population, there are some I give, mostly I don't even if I want to specially when they scatter on the streets, they are there because they find people giving alms in there's if only society would not give then there is no reason for them to be there because they will get nothing. Some people even do business out of these poor creatures even. I do not know why human is so soft hearted that others get advantage over that soft heart in men.

I really like the discussions you write. Yes I feel the same as u do when U see beggars.In India there is lot of umemployment, so what can they do if they don't find a job.I think begging is the last chance anyone can get to earn.Yes there are some people who find this easy. I only give to children. Its really pity that even if we think about it we can't do anythin about it.

When I was a kid I used to feel pity when i saw such people and would give them the money I had...but now that i'm grown up, I know its not the right thing to do. My parents would tell me it just encourages what they're doing even more and now I think they were right. People who are really healthy enough to work and earn their daily bread shouldn't be begging but doing some actual work. So now I give money only to people who deserve like people with severe disabilities and all, and i ask people not to encourage begging too.

I think the rich people should help the beggars because we should keep in mind that they are the poorest people in the society and that's why they are begging.

I judge from my consideration that it is actual begger or habit is begging then pay them specially I donate handicapped and blind beggers.

Maybe he does not find work. Usually I refuse them, but today I gave some money to a young intelligent girl. She is unemploment just like her parents. I know the feeling when you have no money even for food.

i have encountered so many beggars when i stayed in baguio here in the philippines and i must say most, if not all of them, looked pretty fine! i'm a pretty big picker of beggars, so i choose only the handicapped and some children. not that i don't pity the others, but instead of them doing something legal for a living, they just waste their time and skills.

When a person becomes hungry and begs, then we should not go into the fact that either he is handicapped or not. First off, we should help him/her to fill up his/her belly after that we should come to this question that how that person can engage him/herself to earn some money before becoming hungry next time.

when i see a begger, i will help to him

it dewpends on mood and time