"#One_needs_much_wisdom regarding matters of kamma. In the world, whether in random encounters, trade, or employment, aren't there always exchanges between people?
When dealing with those who owe us or those we owe, #unwholesome_states_often_arise. When someone borrows money or buys on credit, don't we have to collect when the time comes?
When repeatedly asking, they get angry - wholesome or unwholesome? When we don't receive payment and get angry - wholesome or unwholesome? #These_are_unwholesome_states.
#The_method_of_collecting_debt needs wisdom too. In our region, about 30 miles from Gangaw town, in a small village of 700-800 houses, U Ba San and Daw Kwe Aye... After about six months or a year, they went to collect...
'Are you all in trouble now?' When asked about their situation, 'Uncle, we've been trying to find money to pay. We just can't find it.' 'Well, if you can't pay, that's alright. Just stay peaceful, stay peaceful.'
Doesn't the creditor find peace this way? Could #today's_Dhamma_listeners do this? No, even I (the monk) couldn't. I think about going to collect ten thousand kyats owed, for example.
After a year, if interest was charged at 1.5%, the interest alone would be over five thousand. 'What's wrong with you all? Have some empathy' - shouldn't we say this? But then does this bring peace or suffering? Is our tone wholesome or unwholesome? #When_debt_isn't_paid_unwholesome_states_arise.
When they say they can't pay and ask to stay peaceful, #though_money_isn't_received_doesn't_merit_arise? Now people make merit offering ten or twenty thousand in alms.
#Making_others_peaceful_is_meritorious. That's why learning and wisdom are like paint creating patterns. Merit arises. Looking at the year's accounts in business, don't some make five or ten hundred thousand profit? Though that debt wasn't collected, #looking_at_the_year's_end_there's_even_more.
#Intention_brings_corresponding_results. Isn't it taught 'Cetanāhaṃ bhikkhave kammaṃ vadāmi' - I declare intention is kamma? Notice it's taught as intention..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
When dealing with those who owe us or those we owe, #unwholesome_states_often_arise. When someone borrows money or buys on credit, don't we have to collect when the time comes?
When repeatedly asking, they get angry - wholesome or unwholesome? When we don't receive payment and get angry - wholesome or unwholesome? #These_are_unwholesome_states.
#The_method_of_collecting_debt needs wisdom too. In our region, about 30 miles from Gangaw town, in a small village of 700-800 houses, U Ba San and Daw Kwe Aye... After about six months or a year, they went to collect...
'Are you all in trouble now?' When asked about their situation, 'Uncle, we've been trying to find money to pay. We just can't find it.' 'Well, if you can't pay, that's alright. Just stay peaceful, stay peaceful.'
Doesn't the creditor find peace this way? Could #today's_Dhamma_listeners do this? No, even I (the monk) couldn't. I think about going to collect ten thousand kyats owed, for example.
After a year, if interest was charged at 1.5%, the interest alone would be over five thousand. 'What's wrong with you all? Have some empathy' - shouldn't we say this? But then does this bring peace or suffering? Is our tone wholesome or unwholesome? #When_debt_isn't_paid_unwholesome_states_arise.
When they say they can't pay and ask to stay peaceful, #though_money_isn't_received_doesn't_merit_arise? Now people make merit offering ten or twenty thousand in alms.
#Making_others_peaceful_is_meritorious. That's why learning and wisdom are like paint creating patterns. Merit arises. Looking at the year's accounts in business, don't some make five or ten hundred thousand profit? Though that debt wasn't collected, #looking_at_the_year's_end_there's_even_more.
#Intention_brings_corresponding_results. Isn't it taught 'Cetanāhaṃ bhikkhave kammaṃ vadāmi' - I declare intention is kamma? Notice it's taught as intention..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.