错误的想法:慈善是个自愿的行为。
But that is not the case. For them it is a voluntary act to have chosen this simple and frugal lifestyle.他们选择这种简单、节省的生活方式完全是自愿的行为,这样做绝对不是因为物质匮乏。
The act of sati was supposed to take place voluntarily, and from the existing accounts, most of them were indeed voluntary.殉夫行为是凭自愿的,而据现存资料来看,绝大多数的殉夫行为确是出自自愿。