To think of a world in which people mattered instead of production. What an incredible concept. Compassion and preservation as more important issues than consumption and materialism. Humans by nature are driven by an urge for self preservation and security. People dont trust that their needs are going to be met so they overconsume. Our economy would highly benefit from Buddhist economics. We would be a more prosperous culture by theory but Americans are so used to this way of life it woud be difficult to grasp any other way of life. Women in the workplace is a sign of economic failure to buddhists. Accustomed to this way of life, it has become the goal to have a so called higher standard of living which requires more than one income to sustain this way of life. Therefore women feel the need to be in the workforce instead of raising thier children. I believe our society would greatly change for the better if it was more of a value to instill ethics and compassion to our children. Our children would make better choices about taking care in thier pursuits as well as recognizing the importance of our resources from the environment. If americans were less concerned with material possessions and consuming and more concerned with creativ
Americans are born consumers. Overconsumption of non renewable natural resources in Buddhism is considered as an act of violence against nature which leads to more violence between mankind while seeking more fuel, oil and natural gas. Growing population leads to less resources to go around the world. Americans have no concept that these natural resources , such as gasoline and oil for our automobiles, will eventually all be used up. When this happens, the multitude will feel a loss. But if Buddhist economics were followed here, people would work more closely to their home and not need to have cars. We could walk and feel fine about it. The environment would benefit as well as our bodies. If everyone in America chose to walk more and drove only when it is necessary, the natural resources would last longer and there would possibly be less obesity. Getting more exercise, people most likely would feel better about themselves and would possibly take better care of thier bodies.
ity and satisfaction within their means, we would overall be a happier culture. Americans are not content. America is a culture of whats next, or whats new. We feel the need for accomplishment every day. The thought of "to be" isnt practiced withing families or taught in schools. We are not taught the skills needed to be content. We are taught individualism at an early age as well as the need for becoming all that you can be without regard or compassion for how our actions may effect the environment and others. America is always on the go and unfortunatly it is a culture of feeding greed. This country is driven by the three poisons: delusion, craving, and hostility.
Life would be quite different here in the West if we looked at economics through ethics and compassion for all be
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