But here, Student, some man or woman gives food, drink, clothing, carriages, garlands, scents, ointments, beds, dwelling, and lamps to Ascetics or Brāhmins. Because of performing and undertaking such action, on the dissolution of the body, after death, he reappears in a happy destination, even in the heavenly world. But if instead he comes back to the human state, then wherever he is reborn he is wealthy.

(Reference: MN 135)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares how a being who practices generosity, should they not attain Enlightenment in this life, will be reborn in an improved destination in their next life.

The practice of generosity helps a Practitioner to eliminate craving/desire/attachment. It is craving/desire/attachment that is the cause of all discontentedness in the mind. An individual is causing their own discontent feelings due to one’s craving/desire/attachment. To eliminate discontentedness, a Practitioner needs to train the mind to eliminate craving/desire/attachment. This is shared as part of The Four Noble Truths to establish Right View.

Having eliminated craving/desire/attachment, not only will the Practitioner experience Enlightenment where the mind is peaceful, calm, serene, and content with joy permanently, but they will have also solved the much bigger problem of constantly be reborn through continuous rounds of rebirth in The Cycle of Rebirth.

An Enlightened being will know the mind is Enlightened because they will no longer experience any discontentedness. As the mind is gradually trained in the direction of Enlightenment, there will be a slow and gradual diminishing of discontentedness to ultimately result in the complete elimination of all discontentedness. The Practitioner can observe this for themselves as the condition of the mind gradually improves.

Through not believing in any of The Buddha’s Teachings but instead, learning, reflecting, and practicing to acquire wisdom, the mind can be gradually trained to no longer experience discontentedness through the elimination of craving/desire/attachment.

One of the major ways of practice to train the mind to eliminate craving/desire/attachment, the mind’s mental longing with a strong eagerness, is to train the mind to be willing to “give and share” eliminating selfishness.

Through developing a continuous, regular, and ongoing practice of generosity, along with other training, a Practitioner can completely eliminate craving/desire/attachment to eliminate discontentedness.