tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988514793645853825.post1369705842256533970..comments2009-02-22T20:30:56.730-05:00Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589645693380512031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988514793645853825.post-72299719027886670872009-02-22T20:30:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:30:00.000-05:00"The teachings from a monk in Thailand are particularly interesting since Thailand was not subjected to the western colonialism that modified some of the thinking about Buddhism and economics in other Southeast Asian countries."<BR/><BR/>True, but there is a lot of conflict in Thai Buddhism. There seems to be a movement to wipe out what is, in my opinion, undoubtedly the greatest Buddhist movement in modern times: the Thai Forest Tradition.<BR/><BR/>http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/CrossIndexed/Uncollected/MiscEssays/The%20Traditions%20Of%20The%20Noble%20Ones.pdf<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfx-k0H5vhsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988514793645853825.post-71633122227460813622008-08-21T08:59:00.000-04:002008-08-21T08:59:00.000-04:00Very interesting post. I have not read the book and wasn't aware of these points about wealth. <BR/><BR/>The Buddha seems to say precious little about economics, which is a bummer for contemporary Western society, apart from the odd thing about right livelihood. And even that is quite limited (no doubt because there were fairly limited choices of livelihood for laypeople in the society within which the Buddha was teaching). <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this!<BR/><BR/>PadmaPadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980376895010869102noreply@blogger.com