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THE DHARMA DISCOURSES OF CARDINAL MASTER CHŎNGSAN(CHŎNGSAN CHONGSA PŎBŎ)

Part Two: Dharma Discourses

Chapter Twelve: The Way of Public-Spiritedness

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11. The Master said, “Public funds are the congregation’s money and are to be used for the sake of the many; hence, the transgression of misappropriating public funds is much greater than that for private funds. Therefore, be fearful in spending public funds. Also, it is said that, if one slanders or maliciously harms great public figures like buddhas and bodhisattvas or sages and saints, one will fall into a living hell, because such a transgression incurs the wrath of heaven and earth as well as the dharma realm of empty space.”