Bill,
I understand the drift, but I'd say that even in the awakened state,
one can still do advanced mathematics, and simple bookkeeping
Arithmetic, especially. A Bodhisattva would keep accounts, and
be sure not to disburse all her dough at once, to one recipient,
if she knew others were also in need, or if her and the husband's
roof needed fixing, etc. It's not a matter of a personal Ego, but
of figures in the accounting book. "Losing" money is probably a
word that comes about as an artefact of the translation. In the
scenario I paint, "losing" money is just an entry in the debit
column: the outgoing stream of dana gifts is not something the
Bodhisattva pines after, nor regrets. But she "knows" not to
overdo. I won't say how.
My two centavos!, freely given, without ego attachment, for all beings here,
with greetings.
--Joe
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Anthony,
>
> If you are practicing 'selflessly' then you would not be losing money. You
> can't possess money unless you manifest a 'self', so how could you lose
> something you never possessed in the first place?
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