hasunoha

I made the monk angry

I made the monk angry.

I sent an email to the monk about a certain problem.

He has a troublesome personality, so he e-mailed me many times and gave me advice.

The other day, I received an email from that person saying “even 1 yen is fine, so please pay” and “or stay friends from now on,” along with advice,

I said, “Please continue to be my friend” and “Thank you for always being my friend.”

Then, after a while, when we talked about our new concerns,

I received an email reply saying “Why aren't you willing to pay even 1 yen?”

Why did you choose the latter option, “Please pay even if it's 1 yen” and “or please stay friends from now on”

That's because I didn't really know how to pay, but I was pretty angry about this, and the moment I saw it, I shivered, so I deleted the email,

I replied, “I'm currently busy with my studies, so maybe next time is OK.

Then, I received an email asking if they were making excuses over this period.

Before that, it was also written that your troublesome personality is the cause of everything.

I haven't replied since then.
However, I was shocked only by those I trusted, and I didn't think it was an obligation to pay.

It's going to be a bit traumatic.
How should we deal with this experience?

5 Zen Responses

It's a mystery

Hmm...
Monks also have various ideas.
I don't understand that person's true intentions, but whether they were charged a consultation fee... whether or not to receive the consultation and get paid is also up to each person's thoughts.
Make an offering! If that's the case, I can say that's wrong.
Maybe it would have been nice if I had heard it first. Is there a consultation fee? and.

Incidentally. As for my true intention, isn't it a boy's duty to receive consultations and live through worries together? I'm getting a little bit of a question.

In any case, if you can get bogged down, pay 1 yen and quickly forget about the bad things. It's a waste of time being dragged on.

compensation

Regarding the exchange between lives, Elder Sumanasara said, “Give and take (take) is a bit tough. You were talking about the nuance that “it's easier to do well if you give and give (be given).”
There are prices for products, so it's easy to understand where give and give is balanced, but the relationship between “having them do it, I'll do it for you” in human interaction is unclear. If the level of satisfaction on the side that does it and the side that gets it done is the same, then it's probably a good balance, though.
Unilaterally, if one “just gets it done” and the other “just does it for you,” it wouldn't be easy to balance. What looks like they're just petting a pet cat and doing it for them is something that can be done because the owner has received cuteness. If there is emotional communication, they will take care of them until they die, whether old or sick, or even after that, but if the only compensation is cuteness, illnesses and old pets that are no longer cute will be thrown away while they are alive.
At the highest level, once you realize it, it's a way of life where you just do it for you without thinking about the price. Instead, if you can't expect your partner to grow (even if the negative just decreases), it's a waste of time, so you may lose the relationship. Shakyamuni was working for everyone at no cost, but he simply ignored people who had no prospects.
A sneaky example would be a relationship between a man and a woman. It won't last long if we don't give it up and receive it from each other.
Giving is a two-way donation. Asking for a temple at a funeral or memorial service and making offerings is not the same kind of compensation as a commercial transaction. They have received the merit of offering offerings to the temple for the deceased and for themselves. So there are cases where they don't ask for a funeral or memorial service; they just give an offering. Even if you don't receive a monetary offering, there are cases where the monks will just do the consultation for you. Both are alms (or dharma offerings [Buddhist offerings]).
A consultation is a consultation, and you can just consult and get an answer. A donation is a donation, so you can just give and receive it. If the balance is out of balance, things won't go well. Right now, the other person seems to be pointing it out, and you don't seem to be aware of it. It's hard for a monk to ask for something from their partner, so if you don't know how to give an offering, I think you should ask, “What should I do?”

If I'm indebted to you, I'll give it away

Hello.

I wrote, “How should I deal with this experience?”
Let's do what we need to do before putting “this experience” and things of the past.
Since it is said that even “1 yen” is fine, you should pay that amount together with the transfer fee.

I see, “paying” is not an “obligation.”

However, if you bring up an “obligation,” then there is no “obligation” for that monk to listen to your “e-mails over and over” consultations. Unless you personally feel it's an “obligation.” Of course, there is no such “obligation” under the law.

Don't you think there is something you should do because you were a “person you trusted” and “emailed many times” to consult with them and were indebted to them?

That monk treated you in order to play a role as a monk.
Since you've consulted with the person who proposed that role, shouldn't you play your own appropriate role?

If I'm indebted to you, I'll give it away.
“1 yen.”
It's no wonder.

Hmm... as far as I've read the consultation, there seems to be a gap in each other's interpretations of the sentences.

According to my personal interpretation, I felt that the two choices were “I'll pay even if it's 1 yen, or will I continue to be friends in the future,” so I don't think Rinna's decision, who chose the latter, is particularly strange. I'm saying “is that?” so in English, it's “or.”

However, when I look at the response from the monk side, I think they are asking for both to continue being friends and to pay the offering.

However, if you have consulted and been indebted to them many times, there must be various means, so I thought that thanking them to the extent that I can do now should have been moral or polite. If you're a student, you don't usually get angry even if you say thank you for an offering.

If we go out into society in the future, I think we may be indebted to people other than things that remain in forms other than goods and services.
Being responsible at such times is very important in avoiding these later troubles and building relationships. I think this incident was a preparation for that.

As a member of society

As for your question, there are various monks, so I can't say it unequivocally, but for example, when answering with housunoha, monks also volunteer, so I didn't get a thank you. Instead, you can only do it when you have free time.
The secretariat will act as an intermediary for individual remote consultations, so everything is left up to the secretariat.

This time, in Rinna's case, I think she was being consulted by a specific monk.
I don't know the number of times, but there's no doubt that they spent time and effort responding to email consultations, so I think it's a feeling in response to that.

I don't know what Rinna is thinking, but monks also live in this world.
If you have a temple, you must maintain the temple. Also, if you have a family, you are also obligated to support them.
You will be charged a fixed fee even if you consult a lawyer or doctor.
In the same way, being able to think about it will also foster common sense as a member of society and as an adult.

I think that's what the monk said, “Even if it's 1 yen...” this time.
I don't think I'm saying it because I want money. If so, you'll be offered an amount right from the start.

Rinna is now constraining other people's time in order to solve her own problems,
If you don't feel grateful for it, it becomes an invisible debt.
I think what the monk said also meant not to make debts that Rinna can't see.

I myself have had this kind of consultation, but when doing memorial services or prayers, I say that money is necessary,
If not, we don't ask for it. However, when it is too unreasonable, the consultation will be terminated.

I'm still replying like this, but of course I don't need any money.
I think it's also a role to serve others, even a little bit, to those who are looking for them.

I don't know if that's the answer, but I think so.
If you're in the student's position, you probably won't be able to do it even if they ask for money, and they won't ask for it.
Why don't you think about it again in a position where you eventually became a member of society and were able to receive your own salary?

When children and students come to a temple, I exaggerate things a little bit.
“What you break will pay for career advancement!” and.