IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MAY TEMPLE OF GIFTS OR NOT?

According to the monks and nuns, who are taking the enhancements offered by the cross brought or donated exclusively to laymen are "a thorough criminal" (theft). Because of the wealth that is offered by the cross, has become the wealth of all of them up, is of, if private appropriation of public or layman would give very serious crime. If the defiled mind, gifts for animals, I will lay crime "contaminate others."

There are two cases, laymen can receive the gift of the temple. One is poverty, disease should receive urgent charity, relief of the temple. There are two types of relief, an equal amount of matter, and the other is in the spirit of Buddhism. Of course the relief received by the Dharma can also get relief in the matter. After that disaster relief victims from across the world will be saved from the power Jewels offerings, helping others.

The second case is the case of the temple work for remuneration and have to live. The work of the Development Center for the temple, monastery, do not take your food to cook in the temple, the temple of course have to worry about whether the food they sleep. The old days of higher ethics in China have been advised: For those who work for the temple, to assure them decent food, and pay high wages. Conventional mode of living in temples hardship, because workers may not know, but frustrating born, born mad. If no redundant items, the exchange can not take money, do not give anyone knows, the laymen so happy to receive, to avoid waste.

Mode of living in temples in China and India are different. Temple no cooking Indian, Chinese temples and pagodas Korean, Japanese temples have food reserves and cook stoves. Especially during the temple, also lay at the dinner at the temple. That was very popular in China, Japan, Korea. Funds are eating contributed by devotees. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.17/8/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).