명상도서관

명상도서관

Incorporating mindfulness: questioning capitalism 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Scherer, Bee,Waistell, Jeff
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
  • 출판년도2018
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
  • 발행사항Vol.15No.2[2018]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1476-6086
  • 소개/요약This paper engages with Buddhist critiques of capitalism and consumerism; and it challenges the capitalist appropriations of Buddhist techniques. We show how Buddhist modernism and Marxism/socialism can align, and how Engaged Buddhism spawns communalism and socially revolutionary impulses for sustainability and ecological responsibility within the framework of Buddhist thought and mindfulness traditions. Our example of the Thai Asoke community exemplifies Buddhist communal mindfulness-in-action, explores successes and idiosyncrasies, and shows how communal principles can operate in such work-based communities.