Buddhism As Education

Many people believe they can solve all their problems by just having cash or money. Many people however failed to realise that money itself has the very problem of its own. Money can never solve all problems. Most people do not think wisely. All through their lives they are like race-track greyhounds running after a rabbit decoy. When the chase on the rabbit ends, everything disappears. This is much like the nature of sensual happiness in the wonderland of materialism. As soon as the desired object is attained, the happiness is ended and there rise a new desire. Getting the object to appear not quite satisfying is a chase itself. When we lose something, remember the following advice: “say not that is yours and that is mine, just say this came to you and that to me, so we may not regret the fading shine, of all the glorious things which cease to be”. Wealth is not something for you to accumulate for craving’s sake. It is intended for your welfare as well as of others. Try to make the...

The Dharma or the Buddhist doctrine primarily appeals to the dignity of human beings rather than glorifying the god's notion, his free will and his superiority over the nature, unlike the way the theists define humanism. Thus the Dharma is a humanistic philosophy, which in today's world is gaining significance because it makes an individual the master of his own destiny. According to Buddhism, the human form is the only form in the entire universe which is most conducive to deliverance. The Buddhist concept therefore believes in the fundamental idea of self reliance and humanism rather than that of an external agency. Today's world is a materialistic world as people (even those who call themselves religious) believe that the physical matter is the only reality and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life. Such materialistic view clearly denies the existence of an absolute and objective moral standard. But the Dharma, as per the Bud...