Collecting a Debt
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A student asked how to proceed in a situation where a person was unable to pay back money she had lent her. She was seeking a return of the loan at this time in order to be able to fund a three-year retreat that she was planning to do.
I suggest you ask the person owing the money to return as much money as he or she is able, since now there is an important reason for the money to be returned. Then, whatever amount he or she is unable to repay you, you should make an offering of that amount to the person, regarding it as an act of charity toward a sentient being, which is a practice of the bodhisattvas.