About Money Rules: Ethical Support for Monks By Allowable Means
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- About Money Rules: Ethical Support For Monks By Allowable Means
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In this educational video on the monk's rules, we explore the ethical guidelines for supporting monks without monetary donations, as outlined in the Vinaya. Discover why direct financial contributions are prohibited and how these rules help prevent corruption within monastic communities. We delve into the Nissaggiya Pācittiya rules, focusing on the specific precepts that guide monastic conduct related to handling money. Learn about alternative ways to offer support through kappiyas (stewards), direct and indirect prompts for necessities, and the role of gift cards in maintaining Vinaya compliance. Join us as we discuss the principles of righteous giving and how to ensure your contributions foster a pure practice for monks. Ideal for lay supporters seeking to understand and practice ethical giving in line with Theravāda Buddhist teachings.
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Hello Bhante, monks who have a pension from their lay life, is this considered their money? How can their pension be used once they are ordained?
I'm not sure how that works.
Ok, thank you @@BhanteSubhuti 🙏
Before I ordained, I made sure I had a will and made my nephews and niece the heirs to the pension. It doesn't belong to me anymore.
Hi Bhante, thank you very much for the information on handling money by monks. I used to give donations to a monk in Bodh Gaya who has two bank accounts. After reading your blog posts on money I no longer gave dana to him. He wanted to build a meditation center with his funds. I’m also a bit cautious with giving dana to other monks who have websites and ask for donations. The Buddha’s rules on money are complex and subtle and I can see why a lot of monks break the rules whether by accident or design.
@@andrewcourtman1460 it is still possible to support individual monks who use money the way I explained and it encourages them to follow the rules when you do so. However, contributing to a fund to make a new monastery that you know will be useless for monks vinaya is a waste of time because that place cannot be used to attain Nibbāna. However, lay people can use that place to attain.
@@BhanteSubhuti thank you for your reply. I’m not sure that the monk who I told you about has a keppiya (steward) and follows the mendaka allowance also. In India it is hard to get someone to entrust with money for Buddhists being a Hindu country, which makes it a tricky situation. I will look into this problem further, however when I tried to get in touch with the monk a few weeks ago he didn’t reply to me.
It's a really nice talk but sometimes it's somewhat difficult to put into practice. Supposed you need to go abroad and it needs to pay for plane ticket or for taxy ect. then what should you do to get all these done?😊
@@rambodiehardwarrior749 I don't think you watched the whole video. It is very clear how monks get what they need. I even mentioned air tickets. Monks who do not touch money certainly travel while keeping all of the rules. It takes some planning for airport pickup. But these days, with technology the way it is, it is easier than ever before for donors to support monks for travel. I had someone send me an Uber a few months ago in Orlando from travel from Sri Lanka.
The idea of "modern times calls for monks to use money" is a total lie. It is easier in modern times to follow the rules. The only thing that has increased in modern times is craving.