Dharma HallVolume IVAI Does Not Generate Merit

The 2026 Version of "Seeking Outside the Mind"

The deepest problem with "AI wealth": it presupposes the source of wealth is external — in tools, markets, strategies. This is the contemporary version of "seeking outside the mind." The Dharma's diagnosis is the opposite: wealth's source is internal. The treasure isn't in the tool — it's in your own store-consciousness. Seeking tools to "create" wealth is a fundamental directional error. Generosity is the direct cause — not moral exhortation, but causal law.