To be honest this is my first heard laughing poverty but not prostitution this statement. I say that from my point of view three plain understanding of poverty and prostitution:
The first idea is laughing poverty but not prostitution: people just started my superficial understanding is to sell your soul of so many people did not laugh, why people sell their flesh, but it ridiculous? Anyhow, this is a poor choice and unwilling to strive, despite some frustration; if the mere "prostitution" as sex workers understand the words, I think this career is quite normal, is not illegal, because inexplicable, sell things legal, lawful sexual intercourse, add up to is illegal! ! What is the reason? This is my first a simple and obvious idea.
The second idea is not smiling nor laughing prostitution poor: the poor should not be should not laugh laugh prostitution, and this is luck from the point of view of reincarnation, the surrounding environment is not our decision, if he is not very good luck join in a poor environment, if a person from childhood to accept because of the surroundings are bad values, illiterate, hard to eat, I do not know how good? How bad? Do a lot of efforts and attempts, is still very poor, if we will be substituted into such a role, we can do better? I find it hard, should not laugh, we laugh as corrupt as to color, money, power and dismount, if we did that position, and we can do it better than him? I think it is very difficult, not many qualified people laugh; laugh so as not to prostitution, if there is a better choice, who wants to sell his body and soul? This choice is helpless under, I should not laugh. This is my two ideas.
The first two selected idea, apparently added to the third factor, is from the outside point of view to understand, this last idea may be difficult to accept everyone, but I think the final thought is the most mature, the most difficult to understand, but also most difficult to achieve.
This last idea is not to laugh laugh prostitution poor: This is from Confucian "heart that is justice" perspective to understand. Let me talk a little story to help you understand, the disciples of Confucius Confucius said: the poor are poor but not flattering, nor the pride of the rich rich, the teacher think? Confucius say: okay it, but never such as poverty still feel happy, wealth is still modest and polite. Disciples said means from outside (society) to ask the poor should be, as should the rich, and Confucius from the inside (ie, people) to ask themselves, from their own, they should be like. For the Confucian, the poor had nothing ridiculous, but their own flies are not happy is well worth the ridiculous, and that a few days ago I see fit to interview Li Ao period, Li Ao wrote a note, memo the content is: "success is not calm, happiness is" somewhat similar to the "Kong Yan Zhi Le", which is not laughing poor explanation right. If from the "prostitution" is understood to be a rich by any means, then, such behavior is undoubtedly farther and farther away from their own original mind, not within the contemplation of the same words like drinking salt water to quench their thirst, the more you drink the more thirsty, so this ridiculous behavior. But if you look at from the perspective of Buddhism, which in turn some of the poor, I do not know why these people were really happy, but nothing in the pursuit of happiness on the road, farther and farther, you see, which in turn we go on a understand: the poor should not laugh do not laugh prostitution.