{"id":4732,"date":"2020-04-26T09:59:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/?p=4732"},"modified":"2020-12-18T10:33:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T14:33:23","slug":"a-tibetan-regents-economic-reforms-and-the-ethics-of-rulership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/2020\/04\/26\/a-tibetan-regents-economic-reforms-and-the-ethics-of-rulership\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tibetan Regent\u2019s Economic Reforms and the Ethics of Rulership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>ISSN 1076-9005<br \/>\nVolume 27, 2020<\/h6>\n<h3>The <em>Sa\u1e43gha<\/em> and the Taxman: A Tibetan Regent\u2019s Economic Reforms and the Ethics of Rulership<\/h3>\n<p>William K. Dewey<br \/>\nRubin Museum of Art<\/p>\n<p>This article examines how Tibetan Buddhists believed a state should be governed justly by considering the political agenda of the regent Ngawang Ts\u00fcltrim (1721\u20131791) and how he was influenced by the Indian <em>n\u012bti\u015b\u0101stra<\/em> tradition and similar indigenous traditions of ethical rule. <em>N\u012bti\u015b\u0101stra<\/em> originally, under Kau\u1e6dilya, promoted wealth and power. Later proponents (both Hindu and Buddhist) more strongly emphasized the primacy of <em>Dharma<\/em> and justice for the poor, and in this form it most influenced Tibetan Buddhist political thought, including the legislative decrees of Ngawang Ts\u00fcltrim. He tried to relieve the Tibetan peasants from the heavy tax and labor obligations of the Tibetan social system, and otherwise pursued economic justice. In so doing, he also wanted to ensure that resources continued to flow to the <em>Sa\u1e43gha<\/em>, the supreme field of merit. Accordingly, the decrees targeted aristocratic rather than monastic corruption. They prioritized the maintenance and reform of existing economic obligations over economic development or redistribution of wealth. Ngawang Ts\u00fcltrim\u2019s decrees demonstrate a tension within the <em>n\u012bti\u015b\u0101stra<\/em> tradition which can also be found when today\u2019s religions (including socially engaged Buddhism) pursue goals of social justice. These goals may conflict with the goal of spreading the faith, and especially with the social and financial structures that support religious institutions, but may be responsible for social ills. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/files\/2020\/04\/Dewey_20_final.pdf\"> Read article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 27, 2020 The Sa\u1e43gha and the Taxman: A Tibetan Regent\u2019s Economic Reforms and the Ethics of Rulership William K. 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