--- In [email protected], "Francisco Garcia Scherer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > How do we > > > consider and integrate Buddhist teachings concerning our profound > > > relatedness? > > > > good question - it would be nice to hear more discussion of this. > > > In my opinion, we should study the creation of new corporations > that would allow us to integrate work and the zen teachings into our > daily life.
What a wonderful idea! I was thinking in terms of integrating these teachings into our schools, & making them a part of the experience children have while growing up. While I'm not sure that having meditation practice in school would fly in our current society; I do see a value in certain classes giving children a chance to experience the human concerns/possibilities in a directly integrative way. For example - there were a couple of PBS shows recently about classes seemed to me to have positive effects of the development of children. One was a 'national orchestra' (I think in Argentina) where all kids were given instruments at a young age & taught classical music. The older kids taught the younger ones. There was alot of evidence shown of the rehabilitative effects of learning to play music by kids who were in trouble & had been involved in violent crimes. The second was a teacher in U.S. northeast who taught Shakespeare to elementry school kids by having them put on plays. The show was about these students returning as adults to honor him many years later. What they learned by acting out the great human concerns like jealousy, revenge, love, greed, etc... stayed with those people throughout their lives. How to we 'sell' the community on the value of adding these type of teachings into our curriculum? > Right now, the main goal of private enterprises is to generate a > profit for its shareholders. I think it is a legitimate goal, but I > also believe that corporations could become very active agents of > change (in a positive way) in our society. How do we present this to a corporation as being of benefit to them? > I believe that our worldview, and also our attitude toward our > family and neighbors, is greatly influenced by our workplace. If you > have to work in a chaotic, competitive and agressive company, then > you are likely to also become a chaotic, competitive and agressive > person, not only at the office, but also at home, at your club or > with your friends. I agree. I wonder what the 'first steps' would be - to sell that to a corporation? Actually, what just popped into my head was the phone company in the U.S. (before deregulation took it apart). Utilities used to be state monitored entities that put their resources into the long term goals of the enterprise, rather than the short term profit of the current 'owners'. What came out of that was alot of very progressive reasearch & a more reliable product. I don't want to knock free-enterprise (quick to say this least i be branded some sort of demon) - but, it is clear that profit motive alone will not make the best determination for the needs of a society (taking environmental disasters as just one example). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi. New or used at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570622280/ref=ase_actionheroesc-20/002-4507763-9442460?v=glance&s=books> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
