Helpful: Is an idea of being helpful, such an intent, a secure attribut of skilful action?
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Can intention of being helpful be very unskilful?
Yes, if the intention is based in one of the three unwholesome roots; greed, hatred, delusion.
Does a helpful act always benefits both, or just one of giver and receiver, or how should it be understood?
Regarding the giving of food, the Buddha taught that its beneficial for both giver and reciever.
In the Suppavāsā Sutta (the Gift of Food), the Buddha gave the following teaching to the Koliyan Lady Suppavāsā;
"Suppavāsā, a noble female disciple, by giving food, gives four things to those who receive it. What four? She gives long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. By giving long life, she herself will be endowed with long life, human or divine. By giving beauty, she herself will be endowed with beauty, human or divine. By giving happiness, she herself will be endowed with happiness, human or divine. By giving strength, she herself will be endowed with strength, human or divine. A noble female disciple, by giving food, gives those four things to those who receive it".
-- AN 4:57; II 62–63, Bodhi trans
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