Some specific practices of Buddhism shook my confidence.

The second impression makes sense. The first impression is wrong. If the commercial atmosphere of Buddhist temples exceeds the support of the daily simple life of monks, it will definitely violate the teachings of the Buddha.

If monks practice seriously, their merits and blessings will far exceed those of lay people. Therefore, if lay people do not respect the Sangha, their karma will be huge. Therefore, the Buddha taught lay people to respect the Sangha. On the one hand, it is to protect lay people from creating karma. On the other hand, it also protects the monks and keeps them away from lay people, so as not to be contaminated by the karma of outsiders and hinder their practice. You may not believe this cause and effect, but the Buddha strictly ordered monks to avoid lay people unless necessary. Many Buddhist scriptures also mention the negative consequences of laypeople not respecting monks. For example, "Buddha Sutra" says: "Once in the world of Yangyan, when Buddha Vipassi Roar was born, there were fifty men, each of whom built five hundred sutra halls, and each sutra hall supported a thousand monks. At that time, , they said many things, saying that Master Hui accumulated mistakes in breaking the precepts, and as a result of this bad karma matured, they fell into hell for 90,000 years. After that, they were born among humans for 500 lives, either as stone girls or in other places. , or hold wrong views for another six hundred years, and become blind or speechless. Even if they become a monk in seven hundred lifetimes, they will not be able to obtain Dharani until the end of their lives. Yes. Good men, you should be convinced and understand this principle. After hearing this Dharma, if you see the teacher breaking the precepts, you should not say it. How much more should you dig out the eyes of all sentient beings after hearing it. Whoever despises the Dharma Master with disgust, this sin is greater than the former; if a person kills all sentient beings, and whoever sits with his back to the Dharma Master when he sees him, his sin is hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even countless times worse than that of the former person. Those who slander the Dharma Master are slandering all Buddhas. If they want to serve the Buddha, they should serve as the Dharma Master.”

So don’t blame the “strict hierarchy” in the monastery. This is a protective measure to protect you from creating karma for yourself and to protect the monks from being polluted by lay people.