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How do Buddhists justify the material comforts they live in

>> No.19218833

>>19218828
To be rich is glorious.

>> No.19219095

>>19218828
The same way Christians do

>> No.19219104

>>19218828
They don't. Practicing Buddhists (i.e. monks) take a vow of poverty. Everyone else is just trying to earn merit enough to be reborn as a monk.

>> No.19219128

>>19219104
this, and if a monk isn't living in pverty then this >>19219095

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>> No.19219208

>>19219133
how does this at all apply here

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>>19219104
>earn merit
lol
Was buddhism the original Protestantism?

>> No.19219274

>>19219104
This, don't monks literally live on the floor and beg for the food they're eating? They even have to help out local communities, so they're also working for less than a slave.

>> No.19219293

>>19219269
Probably has to do something with the caste system and the hindu concept of karma

>> No.19219508

>>19218828
Why would they need to do that

>> No.19219696

>>19218828
Buddhism is the middle path, everything excessive is harmful in it. For monks, there are clearly defined restrictions that enable them to practice without hindrance. For example: eating too much is harmful, eating too little is harmful, the monk eats as much as is necessary for life.
For the laity, the only limitation is not to do bad deeds.