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Buddhist Economics: A Cultural Alternative
Watching weeds grow in the garden turns out to be a powerful lesson outside the classroom. First, the weeds look innocently beautiful until they start invading the space of the expensive grass that is fighting for survival. Alarmed, the gardener moves into action with industrial-strength weedkiller. Before long, the herbicide poisons both the weeds and grass. Alas, weeks later, it is the weed that manages to survive the new level of toxicity in the soil and springs back to life ahead of the grass. The battle resumes with the weeds ahead.
Studies on Humanistic Buddhism II:Practical Applications: Venerable Master Hsing Yun on Humanistic Buddhism
Studies on Humanistic Buddhism II:Practical Applications: Venerable Master Hsing Yun on Humanistic Buddhism
Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s “Buddhist Economics”
There is limited research regarding the economic problems faced by Buddhism in its development over the past 2000 years, which has contributed to much confusion and many misunderstandings. Venerable Master Hsing Yun is the first eminent monk to publicly disclose his Buddhist economic beliefs based on his experience propagating the Dharma in the past decades. Venerable Master Hsing Yun merges the laws of society with the Dharma, explaining in a considerate and rational manner.
佛教經濟學——一種替代文化選擇
觀察花園裡雜草叢生,其實是教室外發人深省的一堂課。起初,這些雜草看似可愛並且無害,直到警覺它們開始侵占那些力求生存的珍貴草坪的生長空間時,園丁就採取行動,使用化學除草劑遏制雜草的蔓生。然而,除草劑雖然抑制了雜草的生長,卻也侵害了草坪。更讓人扼腕的是,幾週後,雜草比草坪的草更快的抵禦土壤中的除草劑毒性,並且比草坪更快的「春風吹又生」。雜草和草坪之間的生存爭戰再度展開,而雜草更勝一籌。