It is against the law to accept money from creditors to perform Buddhist services for others. First of all, in the Brahma Net Sutra of the Pali Tripitaka of Theravada Buddhism, the Buddha clearly opposed the use of incantations, divination, fortune-telling, and fortune-telling. Waiting for an evil life.

Secondly, the Buddha is against holding money. This is clearly stated in the tenth precept of the Ten Precepts of Novices: "Abandoning the Study of Gold and Silver."

The details are as follows:

1. Excerpts from the Brahma Net Sutra

The Buddha was opposed to incantations, divination, fortune-telling, and fortune-telling. This is reflected in Theravada Theravada The Buddhist "Pali Tripitaka" and "The Brahma Net Sutra" write very clearly:

"Monks! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata like this: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who live by receiving food and alms, [ They] live an evil life relying on the useless and futile enlightenment (animals). For example, fortune telling of limbs, omens [auspicious], dreams, body [whole body] fortune telling, rat bites, fire huma, ladle huma, grain skin huma, chaff huma, rice huma, cooked cakes Gomma, Oil Gomma, Mouth Gomma, Blood Gomma, limb brightness, homeland brightness, Kshatriya brightness, Shiva brightness, ghost brightness, earth brightness, snake brightness, poison brightness, scorpion brightness, rat brightness, bird brightness , Crow Ming, fortune prediction, arrow protection spell, animal sound interpretation method, etc. The ascetic Kutan stays away from any such and other useless and futile enlightenment. "

Bhikkhus! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata like this: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who sit and live after receiving food and alms, [they]

pass by in vain and vainly. Evil life. For example, the fortune teller sign, the stick sign, the clothes sign, the sword sign, the arrow sign, the bow sign, the weapon sign, the woman sign, the husband sign, the boy sign, the virgin sign, the male servant sign, the maid sign, the elephant sign, the horse sign, and the buffalo sign. phase, bull phase, goat phase, sheep phase, chicken phase, quail phase, lizard phase, earring phase, tortoise shell phase, animal phase, etc. The ascetic Kutan stays away from any such and other useless and futile enlightenment. "

Bhikkhus! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata like this: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who live by accepting food and alms, [they]

live in vain and vainly. Life. For example, take Zhan: "The king should march, the king should not march." "The kings within should push forward, and the kings outside will retreat." "The kings outside should push forward, and the kings inside will retreat." "The kings inside should win, The external kings will be defeated. The external kings will be defeated. This person will be defeated. This person will be defeated. "

Bhikkhus! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata thus: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who live by accepting food and alms, [they]

live their evil lives with useless and futile enlightenment. Life. For example: "There should be a lunar eclipse, there should be a solar eclipse, there should be a star eclipse, the sun and the moon should be on the right path, the sun and the moon should be on the wrong path, the stars should be on the right path, the stars should be on the wrong path, the shooting stars should fall, and there should be fire from the sky. There should be earthquakes, the drums of the sky will be beating, and there should be the rising and falling of the sun, the moon and the stars. "The ascetic Qu Tan stayed away from such and other useless and futile lights. "

Bhikkhus! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata thus: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who live by accepting food and alms, but [they] live a wrong life with useless and useless efforts. For example: "There should be more rain, there should be no rain, there should be a good harvest, there should be no harvest, there should be peace, there should be terror, there should be epidemics, there should be health." Notation, calculation, good and bad numbers, poetry, and theory of the world. wait. The ascetic Kutan stays away from any such and other useless and futile enlightenment. "

Bhikkhus! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata like this: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who live by accepting food and alms, [they] live a wrong life with useless and futile enlightenment. For example, [occupation] marriage, harmonious division, loan, lending, luck [with incantation], misfortune, abortion, mute, unable to speak, unable to raise hands, deafness, asking mirror, asking virgin, Ask the gods, worship the sun, offer sacrifices to Brahma, spit fire from the mouth, and invite auspicious gods, etc. The ascetic Kutan stays away from any such and other useless and futile enlightenment. "

Bhikkhus! Ordinary people praise the Tathagata like this: "There may be ascetics and brahmins who live by accepting food and alms, [they] live a wrong life with useless and futile enlightenment.

For example, make a wish, fulfill a wish, cast a spell on the foundation, gain energy [with children], lose energy [without children], build a house, sprinkle [sacrificial offerings] on the house, gargle, bathe, offer sacrifices, spit medicine, dispense medicine, apply medicine Vomiting, diarrhea, headache medicine, ear drops, eyewash, nasal irrigation, eye drops, medicated oils, ophthalmologists, surgeons, pediatricians, and essential medicines, herbal medicines, laxatives, etc. The ascetic Kutan stays away from any such and other useless and futile enlightenment. ”

This passage in the Pali Tripitaka and the Brahma Net Sutra shows that the Buddha clearly opposed divination and fortune-telling

2. The Tenth Precept

10. Leaving the School of Gold and Silver

(Jàtar?pa-rajata-pa?iggaha?à verama?)

Gold, jàtar?pa in Pali, means gold. /p>

Silver, rajata in Pali, refers to currency, copper money, wooden money, plastic money, etc. All common currencies also belong to gold and silver.

In short, money refers to anything that can be used. The equivalent of exchange of goods, including gold, silver, coins, checks, credit cards, etc.

Acceptance, Pali pa?iggaha?a If it is accepted (sàdiyana) in any way, it is called acceptance.

There are three ways to accept:

1. Take it yourself (sayaü ga?hàti) - when someone offers money, he accepts it personally; or if he finds money that does not belong anywhere When someone offers money or finds money, he picks it up himself.

2. Instructing others to take it (a¤¤aü gàhàpeti) - When someone offers money or finds money, he instructs others to take it for himself or Keep it for you.

3. Agree to keep it nearby (upanikkhittaü và sàdiyeyya) - Allow others to keep money near you or somewhere.