[Lt_Apple]

Why must Buddhist Monk, Nun and Priest to be a beggar?

Buddhist Monk or Nun is a Buddhist who take ten precepts or more. (Uniform Red or Yellow or Orange)
Buddhist Priest is a Buddhist who take five precepts and trained to perform religion ritual. (Uniform Black or White). Doctor, Nurse, Lawyer, Engineer and Accountant who qualified had the right to perform their professional. Why Professional Buddhist shall be a beggar? We shall pay them for religion speeches, ritual and so on. Singapore Buddhist Federal shall issue licence to them. The price of their service shall be a standard list price.

[Lt_Apple]

Buddhist Assistant Priest is a Buddhist who take a Three Buddhist Refuge and trained to perform religion ritual. (Uniform grey and brown)

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Muslim had to pay Zakat: Nowehere in the Quran is there any hint of a fixed rate. The 2.5% which is followed by Muslims around the world rate.

The table below shows the monthly contribution rates for each income group as of 1 March 2009 and how these are allocated.


Total monthly wage
(S$)

Total monthly contribution
(S$)

Mosque building & religious education component
(S$)

Mendaki component
(S$)

1,000 and below

2.00

1.00

1.00

1,001-2,000

3.50

2.25

1.25

2,001-3,000

5.00

3.60

1.40

3,001-4,000

12.50

8.00

4.50

Above 4,000

16.00

10.75

5.25

[Ifroham4]

Many churchgoers routinely give tithes and offerings to their local churches. Some people are curious about where this money is going, and if it's being spent efficiently and wisely.

When the collection plate gets passed around, do you know where your money is going?

Tithing is the Old Testament concept of giving 10% of your income to the church. Although not all Christians believe they need to follow the strict 10% guideline, they do believe that they should be cheerful givers.