Christian debt help?

[devils_advocate]

On the right side of this site I keep seeing an ad for Christian debt help. Does anyone know where I can get Buddhist debt help?

[gavinmccallister]

DA, is this the kinda of Buddhist Debt help you were looking for?
I found this on BNN (The Buddhist News Network) I am not joking this site is for real!!!

We affect and are affected by one collective karma. Karma works sort of like a bank account. Beings that have caused bad karma are reborn as lesser beings (animals, demons); those who follow the moral precepts and spread good karma will be reborn as higher beings (gods, humans). When lesser beings pay off their "debts", they can be reborn as humans. Since human beings are in the best position for enlightenment, this is the most desired level. As the Buddha explained,

if in the process of repayment the lives of other beings were taken or their flesh eaten, then it will start a cycle of mutual devouring and slaughtering that will send the debtors and creditors up and down endlessly. (11)

I take that this is found in their books on finance's.

[Lemony]

Buddhists shouldn't be in debt in the first place, as it means we've developed desires and attachments for things (NOT good for karma). The way a Buddhist would pay off those debts is to cut back everywhere else (for instance cable is a desire, not a life necessity!) and pay them down. Once we're debt free, we have to separate ourselves from our love of money and wealth, as it will keep us attached to the material world and separate us from our spiritual selves. The Buddha went from being uber-rich to living with nothing, and ended up satisfied right in the middle. That's probably the way too go - not too much, not too little.

It's pretty simple. I don't think we need a book for it