CHAPTER 5

Lay  WITH  ISSUES  OF BUSINESS enrichment

Buddhism  advocates a   lack of education [14], does not place  the issue of  material wealth . But demand for  the material  is one of the  purposes of  the struggle of  people  living in  society  today, especially in  world  capitalism , the market mechanism. One of the  contradictions  basis  of  age  was the hễ  meet  the needs  of material is this popping born needs  material  other new and always have to head off to the dark side with  a job  -rich to  meet  the demand dirty. 

Before  going into the  main topic  , the idea also  needs to  determine the  limits  as well as the subject matter of  the problem . Buddhism  on  behalf  essential that religion  enlightened ,  liberated  humans  from suffering, brings  a life  to live  happy ,  peace  for  everyone  and if you want  people  can go  farther  competitors  exit thecycle of birth Death of  reincarnation . 

Objective  ultimatum  is  enlightened  freed  completely , but  the teachings  of Buddha were divided  road  big into individual  paths  or small stages for  people ,  depending on the circumstances ,  fate , can by themselves  achieve is  gradually  liberated in life  to live  every day . 

The house of the Buddha in  the middle way . Every  Buddhist  can  apply the teachings of  the Buddha to one or both stages of the  practice . The first stage is  to apply the  doctrine  to  everyday life  such as not doing evil, doing good things, keeping  The five precepts  and  ten good deeds are  aimed  at  bringing  happiness ,  peace  and  liberation  to oneself, to  families  and to  society,  and the second stage is full of heart, determined  practice  for  enlightenment liberation  thoroughly . This phase is for those who desire  enlightenment  freed  completely  from  samsara samsara , they must  endeavor  keep many  precepts  and self  purify  the mind reviews,  terminated  line  of thinking endlessly  clouded  Chan Center , to  foot center  is  manifest . Those who  follow  this second stage are usually those who voluntarily  renounce  their family life  ,   

Apart from the  priest  ordained  while there are  laymen  practicing at home,  components  account for  the majority , is  component  fundamental  of  family ,  society  and the foundation of  Buddhism . Because people  lay  with spouses and children, so the  practice usually  limited  in the first phase, is essential  to achieve life  prosperity ,  happiness ,  peace  for  yourself ,  family  and help stabilize  community  social .    

According to  sociologists , the needs  basic  of  human  needs to  have in order to  survive  is eat, drink, sleep, the  security  and the  interest  of others. These are necessities to  maintain  the  existence  of  humans , should  Buddhism  recognizes the needs  fundamental  to this. Buddhism  that only when demand  basics  are  met , the  person  can  practice  and advanced further in the  world  of spiritual  being. 

In addition to  the basic need  ,  man  has another  desire  that is desire . Greed  may be the  phenomenon of  notice  of  crime  because it  exceeds  the needs  basic  of  human beings , the  desire  excessively  should not  be achieved  by  entirely . Because to satisfy  lust , so  people  were despite all  acts of  tricks , in order to  achieve  heart  desires  her, But lust  without boundaries. The grave corruption and  social crime on  the  one hand come from hunger, on the other hand also  comes from the  lust  of  man . So  Buddhism  does not accept  both poverty and  craving . 

Buddha time  in that  he is very focused on  life  family , conjugal relationship with the parenting. There are many  classics  that deal with marriage, pregnancy, childbirth and family life  ...  This  shows that  Buddhism  is not out of  the world , not isolated from  the world . Even  job  -rich  authentic  Buddhism  nor  against , can say so because  Buddhism  against  poverty, since poverty is  material  to the poor  spirit . 

Once  the Buddha  asked  his disciples,  "For the world,  poverty  is a  disaster  ?" The  disciple  replied, "Yes." Buddha asked, "If the poor have more debt then it is a  disaster  ?" The disciple  replied, "Yes, sir." The Buddha again asked, "Is the person who is  in debt owed  more debt is not a  disaster ?"  Disciple  said: "Right." The words said: "At that time, the creditor to collect the debt, Is it a  catastrophe by creditors ? " The disciple  replied, "Yes." 

So, for the  Buddhist , full needs  a minimum  of  material to  life  every day is a necessity  rather than demand  spirituality . In the old days , there was a  farmers  lost cattle seek day and still not see, passing where Buddha's  teachings  and wanted to  hear French , Buddha knew him throughout the day have not been  eating  anything so he called  his disciples  to bring Cook rice for him to eat first and then  hear French. This  proves  that  the Buddha  knows very well,  

Not only  that the  poor  are always  associated with the  evils  of social  and  crime . In the  cakkavatti  Lion amalgams  and economic  Aid-la-above-head  of Business  School of Ministry , stating that  poverty  due to  lack  of  material  and due to  lack  of  material  should arise evils  society  as  Theft , murder, loss of  social stability. Buddha  advised if you wish for  people  to abandon  the  pernicious  sin ,  organizations community  social need to  help people improve the  state  of health in  families , and help seed  and farming tools necessary  for people working in the fields , For traders to borrow money without interest as capital, pay adequatewages  for workers to work. Penalties such as imprisonment or the death of criminals are unsuccessful. organizations and community social need to help people improve the state of health in families , and help seed and farming tools necessaryfor people working in the fields, for traders to borrow money without interest as capital, paid like Worth the work. Penalties such as imprisonment or the death of criminals are unsuccessful. organizations and  community social need to help people  improve the state of  health in families , and help  seed and farming tools  necessary for people working in the fields, for traders to borrow money without interest as capital, paid  like Worth the work. Penalties such as imprisonment or the death of criminals are unsuccessful. Pay appropriately for working people. Penalties such as imprisonment or the death of criminals are unsuccessful. Pay appropriatelyfor working people. Penalties such as imprisonment or the death of  criminals are unsuccessful. 

Therefore,  the Buddha  often advised  layman  should  try to  work with his own efforts to  improve  the state  of  the  family economy , make  the family  affluent , wealthy  wealth . That does not mean that  the Buddha  accepted  for  people to accumulate  wealth  with heart  desires , because it is  contrary to the  basic teachings  of God. He also did not approve of any   non- genuine means of doing business  .  

In addition , he also spoke to four  happy  or four fun of students of Buddhism  in part: (1) To  benefit  an economy  firmly or  assets  abundant  by itself create a fair and  legal , (2) to be  free  to spend  for themselves, for  family , relatives by  relatives of her and for the  work  of merit , (3) No  debt , and (4) Live  life  right Straight,  clean , do not create evil  thoughts , Words  and deeds [15]. 

In order to  achieve these  four  happy pleasures  , he taught four  conditions for  lay followers: (1) to work hard,  to  strive for a specialized  profession , (2) to  protect the fortune of the  sword be a  justifiable  in sweat, tears, (3)  make friends  with people  moral ,  educated  know,  smart  and  generous , to help him  progress  on the  road to learn  the religion , Alienate negative karma  and (4) spend money in the ability to spend and spend part  of  social charity , neither  miserly nor  wasteful  . 

Then he outlined the four virtues needed to bring  happiness  true for the future of  people : (1) must have  faith  firmly  in the  value of  the moral ,  spiritual  and  intellectual , (2) no  killing , no  stealing , no deception, no  adultery , no  lying  and no drinking intoxicants, (3)  practice  virtues  of generosity ,  openness  generously  and without  attachment , and (4) development of intelligence  in order to eradicate the source of much suffering towards  attainment Nirvana  [17]. 

Thus  we  see that  the teachings  of  the Buddha  aimed  unit  foundation of  society is the  family  to create  economic stability  and thereby leads to  stable community  social  and  economic development of  the country  bring prosperity  happiness  to the people. Therefore, a  lay Buddhist righteous still  be enriched in position a small business, a commercial  medium or a large business if we  know  the application  of the teachings of  the Buddha  to say on in the business, from the  creative  products of bringing the product to the  consumer  all the  items for clarity , not  derived  simply out of  greed  for private  individuals themselves but for the others,  for the benefit  general  community social  and living environment around. Space  involved, not  speculative  hoarding goods and not  exploitative  labor, not dispute  the lives of others and not  competitivecommercial  nefarious  is the  need  for the  lay Buddhist genuine  marketplace.There are as  so sure we  will have something  happy spirit  great without a second happiness  can  compare  because  we  bring  welfare  for the masses, for the community social  and people Country race.END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH GIAC TAM.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA PURELAND=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.17/4/2017.