Sayadaw’s perspective on business

January 13, 2020
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I get success in abandoning my business job. That’s why I can detach from business and came to understand the side effects of business. If we continue doing business, it is difficult to detach and to understand the side effects of business also. That’s why I don’t need to do business by myself. I will never do business for me or for the Thabarwa center. Besides, I will never ask the others to do business because of my own experience about the weaknesses of a business, but I cannot stop doing business in the society. That’s why I can support them to guide them by doing good deeds together with business. In this way, they can get success in both doing good deeds and business. Even if they don’t get success in practicing meditation, they are sure to get success in their job. Because Dhamma or doing good deeds is sure to fulfill the need of the person whom It’s concerned. For me, I am doing good deeds continuously by guiding the people in Thabarwa centers and in the society. That makes me fulfill my need concerned with Buddhism and society. I can get success in Dhamma hospital because of doing good deeds continuously. I can get success in Goodwill village, Merit banks, animal shelters, international meditation centers. Because of the power of doing good deeds at the present moment, it will get good results for us for sure. I can do good deeds with everyone because of the power of detaching from something and someone. Therefore, I can help many people by teaching them to do good deeds in their daily life.

Elli Askew transcribes

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