<p>These are examples of wrong livelihood. The <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.11.0.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kevatta sutta</a> discusses fortune telling and magic</p>
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<p>&quot;Whereas some brahmans and contemplatives, living off food given in
faith, maintain themselves by wrong livelihood, by such lowly arts as:</p>
<p>reading marks on the limbs [e.g., palmistry]; reading omens and signs;</p>
<p>interpreting celestial events [falling stars, comets];</p>
<p>interpreting dreams; reading marks on the body [e.g., phrenology];</p>
<p>reading marks on cloth gnawed by mice; offering fire oblations, oblations from a ladle, oblations of husks, rice powder, rice grains, ghee, and oil; offering oblations from the mouth; offering</p>
<p>blood-sacrifices; making predictions based on the fingertips;</p>
<p>geomancy; laying demons in a cemetery; placing spells on spirits;</p>
<p>reciting house-protection charms; snake charming, poison-lore, scorpion-lore, rat-lore, bird-lore, crow-lore; fortune-telling based on visions;</p>
<p>giving protective charms;</p>
<p>interpreting the calls of birds and animals —</p>
<p>he abstains from wrong livelihood, from lowly arts such as these.</p>
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Specially, wrong livelihood for monks.
ChrisW
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wrong livelihood specifically for laity is defined in a different sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.177.than.html
Баян Купи-ка
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<p>Did the Lord Buddha say  anything about magic and fortune telling? I  just want to know because in this modern world everyone is following some astrology (Fortune tellers).  People believe what ever these people say. media also giving high priority to them.    </p>

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Did the Lord Buddha say anything about magic and fortune telling?
# Did the Lord Buddha say anything about magic and fortune telling?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-24)

Did the Lord Buddha say anything about magic and fortune telling? I just want to know because in this modern world everyone is following some astrology (Fortune tellers). People believe what ever these people say. media also giving high priority to them.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-09-24. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

These are examples of wrong livelihood. The [Kevatta sutta](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.11.0.than.html) discusses fortune telling and magic

> "Whereas some brahmans and contemplatives, living off food given in
> faith, maintain themselves by wrong livelihood, by such lowly arts as:
>
> reading marks on the limbs [e.g., palmistry]; reading omens and signs;
>
> interpreting celestial events [falling stars, comets];
>
> interpreting dreams; reading marks on the body [e.g., phrenology];
>
> reading marks on cloth gnawed by mice; offering fire oblations, oblations from a ladle, oblations of husks, rice powder, rice grains, ghee, and oil; offering oblations from the mouth; offering
>
> blood-sacrifices; making predictions based on the fingertips;
>
> geomancy; laying demons in a cemetery; placing spells on spirits;
>
> reciting house-protection charms; snake charming, poison-lore, scorpion-lore, rat-lore, bird-lore, crow-lore; fortune-telling based on visions;
>
> giving protective charms;
>
> interpreting the calls of birds and animals —
>
> he abstains from wrong livelihood, from lowly arts such as these.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Specially, wrong livelihood for monks.  
> **username_3**: wrong livelihood specifically for laity is defined in a different sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.177.than.html  

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