[Buddha-l] Getting real about Buddhism and capitalism

[jkirk]

 What strikes and
> annoys me is that some (mostly Tibetan) big shots of the sangha claim that 
> their financial succes is a consequence of their holyness.
>
> Erik
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This kind of claim fits very well with the Tibetan practice of giving the 
biggest dana rewards to the monks with the holiest reputations, a practice 
that creates its own self-fulfilling prophecy, as it were.
See Gutschow, Kim. _Being a Buddhist Nun_. Harvard, 2004.

Joanna