https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5Gtfd5Reg
這則影片有英文字幕翻譯摩訶布瓦講的話。
3:09開始，說明他為了泰國人的福祉，
（號召泰國人布施黃金給他）收集黃金轉交給泰國央行。
其他網址另有報導：
Bua's finest hour came in 1997 when Thailand's economic growth rate fell from
5.5 per cent in 1996 to minus 0.4 per cent, inflation rose and the country's
foreign currency reserves fell from $38.7 billion to less than $27 billion
following a failed bid to defend the baht.
Emerging from his forest retreat, Bua decided to make resuscitating
Thailand's economy a personal crusade and launched a fund-raising drive to
replenish state coffers. If Thais did not donate, he threatened to commit
suicide, or "leave his earthly body".
On the last day of his campaign, an estimated 100,000 people lined up for
five miles at his forest temple to give gold, jewellery and cash to save the
monk's life and in 2001 Bua proudly presented some 12 tonnes and 79.8kg of
gold, plus 10.2 million US dollars to the Bank of Thailand.
探討的重點在於請問網友關於上座部捉持金錢的學處。
文章代碼(AID): #1PNrmg42 (Buddha)
「若比庫捉取金(黃金)、銀(流通貨幣)，或令捉取，或同意放在近處者，
尼薩耆亞巴吉帝亞。」。
http://www.luangta.eu/site/pictures-album.php?album=60
上座部比丘與黃金的某些照片，可參考一下。
可是，如果任何上座部比丘令人（例如淨人）收受金錢、黃金，
「目的」是為了減緩該國國家財政上遭遇的經濟衰退（甚至跟救人性命也無大關係）。
這樣的世俗目的（跟修戒定慧、跟修止修觀、跟出家似乎一點關係都沒有；
這樣跟世俗的基督教慈善團體的區別何在），
是否在上述上座部的捉持金銀學處方面就能開緣？
佛陀有為了母國迦毗羅衛國的經濟民生，於是號召有錢人捐錢給佛陀，
來轉交給主管大臣蓋醫院、蓋學校、修橋舖路嗎（當時沒有央行，就不以此為例了）？
請問一下。