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**Mark_NyB** · 11-20-2011, 07:27 PM

Certainly everything in the developed world is based on money, it's like money is the blood coursing through the veins of modern society. If it stops moving, we are all affected.

Buddhist organisations need to hire venues for public talks, they need publicity and ticketing too, and people to operate the venues, all this must be paid for.

It's possible to charge money to the people who attend a gathering, so those who benefit are those who pay.

An alternative is to pay for public talks and teachings out of general-purpose donations made to a foundation by supporters. Then the talks may be free to those who attend, but they are not free in any other sense.

11-20-2011, 07:27 PM	#20
Mark_NyB Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	Certainly everything in the developed world is based on money, it's like money is the blood coursing through the veins of modern society. If it stops moving, we are all affected. Buddhist organisations need to hire venues for public talks, they need publicity and ticketing too, and people to operate the venues, all this must be paid for. It's possible to charge money to the people who attend a gathering, so those who benefit are those who pay. An alternative is to pay for public talks and teachings out of general-purpose donations made to a foundation by supporters. Then the talks may be free to those who attend, but they are not free in any other sense.
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