Andrea Miller: I’m a little uncomfortable putting the words “spirituality” and “making a buck” together in the same sentence.
David Nichtern: You’re not the only one. Remember, it was Jesus Christ who threw the moneylenders out of the temple. On the other hand, the millennia old split between spirituality and livelihood may be an obsolete paradigm.
What about having a healthy relationship with livelihood as a dimension of our “spiritual” well-being? That’s what Buddha taught. Right livelihood is one important aspect of the noble eightfold path toward enlightenment. Why can’t we have a wholesome approach toward livelihood and money? Money is just a piece of paper. We add all the meaning. Money is actually a symbol of the interdependence and exchange between all of us. Greed and jealousy are add-ons.
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