‘AMASSING ILLICIT GAIN IN THE NAME OF BUDDHISM’ IS COMMITTED WHEN YOU ACCEPT MONEY FOR BOOKS MEANT FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION
Caller: In their effort to propagate Buddhism, our fellow Buddhist friends may give away dharma books and/or dharma items for free, but there are bound to be people who are unwilling to accept them free of charge, insisting on paying for them. Having accepted these ‘payments’, the fellow Buddhist practitioner will accumulate the cash collections and use them for the purposes of printing dharma books, or …
Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s considered soliciting illicit gains in the name of Buddhism. It’s an absolute no-no to accept anything that you are not supposed to. As soon as you do, you are considered to have made an illicit gain.
Source: Wenda20170409B 01:06:54, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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