The Buddhist Ideals of Good Governance
On the Buddhist qualities of just leadership
Buddhistdoor View: Corporate Concern—Growing and Nurturing Business by Caring for Employee and Customer Wellbeing
Many working people experience stress and pressure, from those with blue-collar jobs to office professionals. So it certainly does not help when workers feel they
Buddhistdoor View: The Morality of Lies and Falsehoods
Some weeks ago Buddhistdoor published a report about Hogewey Care Centre, a Dutch care home for people with dementia that in 2009 built an entire
Venerable Anandajoti – A Western Monk Shining in the East
In my search for people to help me with my research, it has been my lucky destiny to have come across one such influential person
How Should a Criminal Be Treated? (A Buddhist Response)
Introduction There are some satisfactory definitions of ‘crime’ and ‘criminal’. But the question of ‘what is a crime ?’ has baffled thinkers on ethics for
Victimless Crimes – A Buddhist Response
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 12, June 2009.A crime is usually understood as the infringement of an established
Buddhist Perspective on Misbehaviors or Crimes
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 12, June 2009. By the standards of American law, I am a criminal.
Buddhist attitude to Wealth
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008. Introduction Buddhist economics is an important issue for the
Criteria for Moral Judgment, from a Buddhist perspective
It is axiomatic that every religion accepts the existence of morality and immorality. But, when we come to the point of how to judge an
Sacred Speech and Sacred Bodies
This is a modified version of an article I wrote for MouthLondon, a London youth, media and journalism magazine. The cosmopolitanism of London is one
Buddhist moral grey areas: Is there wrongdoing without defilement?
With the 20th Century often characterized by poets and essayists as an era of lost innocence, many in the 21st Century have had the fortune (and this