Mike,
No one says or knows that Subhana is charging *ANYTHING*.
Name your price, you Young Dudes.
Merle is simply having precognitive nightmarish DREAMS of Currency.
God knows why.
I suspect a previous life full of Poverty. Or a present life full of
Sufficiency, and Then Some.
Well, Art Teachers earn a living. No?
So do Dharma teachers.
Why is Art so sacrosanct that lucre does not tarnish it?!
It's tarnished.
God knows it's tarnished! Is it EVER!
And why is Religion and Dharma so secular that teachers must only drink the
recycled leavings of your discarded Watercolors?
Gimme a *break*.
Don't pray for us. I suggest that Fasting is more efficacious. Just keep it
UP (not *YOU*, Mike; sheesh). Fast. We'll appreciate it.
--Joe
> "mike" wrote:
>
> Merle,
>
> Don't be so harsh on yourself. I think you're right to be somewhat skeptical
> about teachers who receive an income, or make a living, out of the Dharma.
> Joe is also correct that so often we listen to our discriminating mind and
> hence create points of view that are just not true reflections of reality.
> But there has to be a balance. I don't know Subhana, but if it's true she is
> a practicing doctor, then my feeling would be she shouldn't be charging money
> for teaching the Dharma. Where, for example, would she know that trip
> overseas was paid from - her doctor's salary or from a talk on the Lotus
> Sutra? (I'm not necessarily impugning Subhana as I know nothing of her
> circumstances. But I think my concerns still stand).
>
> I also think it's wrong if a person makes a living teaching the Dharma, but
> could be earning a living in other ways. Let's not forget that Buddha forbade
> his monks from even * handling* money! In the Vipassana tradition of
> S.N.Goenka (the one I follow), all retreats are free of charge, and all
> teachers are volunteers. Simply put, no one should receive financial
> compensation for teaching the Dharma, at least not beyond reimbursement for
> travelling expenses etc. sometimes 'wage' can conveniently be interpreted as
> 'Dana'.
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