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They hypocrisy of Buddhist Sermons

Shenali Waduge

Recently while listening to several sermons by Buddhist monks telecast over the television, I noticed the crux of the sermon centering around the luxurious living styles of people today. The issue highlighted was that people were spending money unnecessarily on goods & stocking them in their kitchens & then going out to hotels to eat instead of making use of the utensils for which they had spent so much money.

While I did observe a few guilty looks on the part of the devotees listening intently to the sermon it raised a few questions in my mind that whatever any person is supposedly accused of spending on it is their money for which they have worked for & spending that hard earned money on whatever makes them happy is their choice – no one should have a grudge against that. No one has any right to question that because they have not taken anyone else’s money except use what they have.

Of course, there will be occasions that many may raise concerns over why they don’t put that money to another use but then again no one should tell them what to do with their money. But is this the case with so many others amongst us?

Is it not surprising that those who don’t earn a penny or contribute to the economy of the country are the very people who ask those who earn a living to tighten their belts & not bemoan the spiraling cost of living.

Are they not the very people who lead very similar if not more luxurious lives than those who earn for the lifestyles they lead going about in ultra luxurious vehicles, wanting the best of things & always demanding items from others who end up footing the bills?

The hypocrisy that shrouds the Governance in Sri Lanka is revealed through the very sermons that are being preached today. Unfortunately, we have followers who never see the truth that prevails & put the story straight.

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