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Money and "Spiritual Legitimacy"
Chris Tong, Ph.D.
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In this article, I address a couple of common, but mistaken notions about money and spirituality: someone who is "spiritual" should have nothing to do with money (making it, using it, etc.); and any spiritual or religious organization that makes money a requirement rather than a "pass the basket" voluntary matter could not possibly be legitimate.
Misconception 1: Spiritual people have nothing to do with money
The many ascetically oriented spiritual traditions throughout history that have a notion something like this are the source from which we inherit this notion. There is the image of the Christian hermit in the desert, the Hindu sannyasin in the forest hut or in a cave in the Himalayas, or the Buddhist monk with the begging bowl.
The philosophical underpinnings of such ascetic traditions are life-negative: sex is a problem, money is a problem, food is a problem, and indeed, the material body itself is a problem. Being more spiritual is a matter of being less material, and dissociating oneself from money, food, sex, and the body t
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