Begging is to request a donation in a

supplicating manner.
manner. Beggars are commonly
found in public places such as street corners
or public transport, where they request
money, most commonly in the form of spare
change.. They may use cups, boxes or hats to
change
collect the donations.
donations.
There are few current techniques for
begging which have not been used for
hundreds of years, or are not based on
older techniques, adapted to modern
technology.. Beggars rarely recorded their
technology
techniques, and often used to disguise
their own communication
communication.. What is known of
them is largely from records of law
enforcement, penitential or rogue literature
literature..
From early modern England the best
examples are Thomas Harman, and Robert
Greene in his coney
coney--catching pamphlets
pamphlets..
There is no reason to suppose that what he
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 BEGGING AND SPRITUALITY
mn some countries begging is much more tolerated and in certain cases
encouraged. mn many, perhaps most, traditional religions, it is considered
that a person who gives alms to a worthy beggar, such as a spiritual
seeker, gains religious merit.
mn many Hindu traditions, spiritual seekers, known as sadhus, beg for
food. This is because fruitive activity, such as farming or shopkeeping, is
regarded as a materialistic distraction from the search for moksha, or
spiritual liberation. Begging, on the other hand, promotes humility and
gratitude, not only towards the individuals who are giving food, but
towards the Universe in general. This helps the sadhu attain a state of
bliss or samādhi.
mn traditional Shaivite Hinduism , old men, having lived a full life as a
householder in the world, frequently give up materialistic possessions
and become wandering ascetic mendicants (sadhus), spending their last
months or years seeking spiritual enlightenment. Villagers gain religious
merit by giving food and other necessities to these ascetics
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 United States
mn many larger cities, such as Chicago, mllinois, panhandling has been banned. mn Chicago,
there are a number of signs at regular intervals reminding people that peddling is banned.
This rarely dissuades the beggar, and the constitutionality of such bans has not been firmly
established by case law. mn 2004, the city of Orlando, Florida passed an ordinance (Orlando
Municipal Code section 43.86) requiring panhandlers to obtain a permit from the municipal
police department. The ordinance further makes it a crime to panhandle in the commercial core
of downtown Orlando, as well as within 50 feet (15 m) of any bank or automated teller
machine. mt is also considered a crime in Orlando for panhandlers to make false or untrue
statements, or to disguise themselves, to solicit money, and to use money obtained for a claim
of a specific purpose (e.g. food) to be spent on anything else (e.g. drugs). The potential for
these latter restrictions to be enforced is minimal.
mn Santa Cruz, CA, there are regulations for panhandlers on where they can and cannot
"Spange". For example, they must be a certain distance away from the door of any business.
mn parts of San Francisco, CA, aggressive panhandling is prohibited.
The Atlanta, Georgia, city council approved a ban on panhandling on August 16, 2005, and
Mayor Shirley Franklin is expected to sign the ban into law.
However, vagrancy laws, which are sometimes proposed to curb panhandlers, have been
outlawed in the US, by and large, since the 1970s. mt is not a crime to be poor or "vagrant."
 United Kingdom
Begging is illegal under the Vagrancy Act of 1824.
However it does not carry a jail sentence and is
not well enforced in many cities, although since
the Act applies in all public places it is enforced
more frequently on public transport.
Finland
Begging has been legal in Finland since 1987
when Poor Law was invalidated. mn 2003, Public
Order Act replaced any local government rules and
completely decriminalized begging.
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 September 1st, 2009 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS -
 New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Indian capital will be made
beggar free in the run up to next year's Commonwealth
Games, the authorities said Tuesday while launching two
mobile courts to ...
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asked the state government to implement stringent
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begging rackets, the Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the
government for doing little to curb begging in the capital
and asked it ...
 mt is not hard to find beggars in mndia who are earning Rs 1000 or above
per day from begging still we feel that by giving one and two rupees
what will happen to these beggars. mn bigger cities, this collective money
is very large and therefore large numbers of mafias are also involved in
this begging business, which kidnap innocent children and make people
artificially handicapped for using them in beggary. Even large numbers
of leading doctors and police officers are also helping them in all this.
Today beggary has become a serious business in our society which has lot
of ugly realities but strangely we people are not ready to recognise them.
One big option for stopping this menace of beggary could be increasing
awareness among the people about this increasing problem, starting
humanitarian programs for beggars and discouraging giving money to the
beggars.