I'm wondering whether to become a monk or change jobs
I want to attain enlightenment without feeling the value of happiness (working as an office worker and creating a good family), which is commonly referred to in the world.
However, in my current job, I'm wondering if I should become a monk or change jobs because I tell lies every day in order to get results and live my life (breaking the precepts of false language).
I've been doing door-to-door sales since 2015/10. At the current company, all the people who are able to make a living from this job
I tell many lies on a daily basis, such as “Everyone in the houses around here is buying it.” I'm telling similar lies in order to get results.
If you tell a lie, you will break the commandment of indecent words, and you will never reach enlightenment. There is a dilemma that if you don't tell lies, you won't get results, so you won't be able to live in this job.
It's a job I originally chose from the desire to “be able to take time off freely,” so there's no problem with changing jobs at all, but I'm wondering if I can handle secular work without lying in the first place.
If you are forced to lie in a secular job, I think it would be better to become a monk and go into the path of ascetic practice.
Also, there are aspects where people lie for the sake of life, but other than that, they sometimes lie in order to look good because of their own weakness of heart.
Even if we don't become a monk first, should we keep the precepts while doing secular work and make further efforts not to commit misdeeds? Thank you for reading to the end.