Saturday, September 5, 2015

Buddhism Pushes Back


Buddhism provides us with both the imperative and the tools to challenge the economic structures that are creating and perpetuating suffering. We cannot claim to be Buddhist and simultaneously support structures that are so clearly contrary to Buddha’s teachings, antithetical to life itself.
- Helena Norberg-Hodge, "Economics, Engagement, and Exploitation in Ladakh"

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