There were various arts or techniques of fortune-telling over the past as similar to today. People tried finding their luck and peace by following them. They were charmed by it. However, our teacher showed us that the light emits from these methods is like a light of a firefly. On the other hand, the light comes out from Dhamma of the Four Noble Truths is like the light of the Sun. The light emits by the fireflies vanishes when the Sun comes up and brightens the world. This is why it is not useful to follow these illusions in a time of Buddha and his great order (Buddha Sasana). What is the point of becoming deceived trying to find out what comes in the future from these fortune-telling, when we have a great path to follow…?

Most people have a desire to listen to someone telling their future. They do not care whether it is true or not, they just want to listen to something that can make them happy. Even after they found out that their fortune-teller lied to them, they go back to the same thing over and over. Do you remember there was a fortune-teller who told that the world is going to end in year 2000? It did not happen, but people believed him until we passed that time. The people even cannot remember it now. If someone tells something like that again, they will start to believe it again. After sometime, they will just forget the whole thing when it did not happen. This is the way of most of people think. They could not understand that this is an illusion. They are walking blindly trying to reach their goal, but how can they reach it when that goal is also an illusion? We need to snap out of it. How could we do it? We need to start realizing that there is only one thing that can help us see the light of truth. Yes, it is the light of teachings of the Gautama Buddha, the Dhamma. His teachings do not lead us to a blindfold path. Dhamma does not follow illusive believes. If Buddha told something about the future, it will be definitely happened. It cannot be stopped by anyone. In fact, the only way one could get rid of his liking towards these mind-bending illusions is by realizing their true nature.

OK. Let us think about this example for a second. Let us say that you need to cross a road full with traffic all the time. A person who is nearby tells you “today is your day that you die if you try to cross the road without any consideration about the vehicles in this road. Still, you got something that you could prevent your death today. That is, you must carefully check both sides of the road and cross it when there is no danger from a moving vehicle. Then, you will be able to cross the road without any harm.” This is the sort of predictions that these fortune-telling can tell you about your future. Cannot we stop these kinds of harms coming to our lives if we wisely think about them? This is why the light comes from the truths of these fortune-telling is like a light of a firefly. On the other hand, the light comes out of Dhamma of the Four Noble Truths is like the light of the Sun. The light emits by the fireflies vanishes when the Sun comes up and brightens the world. This is why it is not useful to follow these illusions in a time of Buddha and his great order (Buddha Sasana). What is the point of becoming deceived trying to find out what comes in the future from these fortune-telling when we have a great path to follow…?

As a Buddhist, you can become a wealthy person. If you act according to what our teacher told us, you can even protect your money you earned genuinely.
The Supreme Buddha taught us some valuable details regarding this topic in a discourse known as Vyaghghapajja Sutta. Anyone who earns money by working in farming, business, government sector, or any other area should have four items to become a rich person with respect to money and as well merits.
  • Utthana Sampada (Effort):- One should build the ability to work hard and skillfully overcoming any laziness tactfully. Also, should be capable of organizing the work efficiently. This is the known as the Utthanasampada.
  • Aarakkha Sampada (Protection):- The money one earned by working hard needs to be protected without letting it destroyed from natural disasters such as fire, wind, flood, and landslides and from being confiscated.
  • Kalyanamitta Sampada (Noble friendship):- A Noble friend has excellent characteristics like being pleased about Lord Buddha, virtuous, fond of giving, and association with wise friends. When someone has such a friendship, that person will also become rich with the same qualities.
  • Samajeevikata:- That is living a life by only spending money matched to what is being earned. One should not spend money carelessly but at the same time should not keep it greedily. One needs to be comfortably live spending money according to that person’s wealth.
After cultivating these qualities, one should also close the four doorways of destruction. Those four destructive doorways are:
  • Passion towards women.
  • Thirst towards liquor.
  • Eagerness towards gambling.
  • Longing of low-quality friendships.
One who lives a life according to these Buddha’s teachings will definitely see the prospered life in a little period of time. This is how prosperity can be achieved through Buddhism. Try this method by yourself, and you will also witness the wisdom of Buddha.