Gregory K. Ornatowski
\nBoston University<\/p>\n
This paper offers an outline of the development of Buddhist economic ethics using examples from early Therav\u0101da Buddhism in India and the Mah\u0101y\u0101na tradition as it evolved in India, medieval China, and medieval and early modern Japan, in order to illustrate the pattern of continuities and transformations these ethics have undergone. By “economic ethics” the paper refers to four broad areas: (1) attitudes toward wealth, i.e., its accumulation, use, and distribution, including the issues of economic justice and equality\/ inequality; (2) attitudes toward charity, i.e., how and to whom wealth should be given; (3) attitudes toward human labor and secular occupations in society; and (4) actual economic activities of temples and monasteries which reflect the lived-practice of Buddhist communities’ economic ethics.<\/p>\n
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