The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century

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The Wisdom of Sustainability continues E. F. Schumacher's groundbreaking work on Buddhist economics in Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Emphasizing small-scale, indigenous, sustainable alternatives to globalization, Sulak offers hope and alternatives for restructuring our economies based on Buddhist principles and personal development.

Sulak Sivaraksa is one of Asia's leading social thinkers and activists. His wide-ranging work includes founding the ...

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The Wisdom of Sustainability continues E. F. Schumacher's groundbreaking work on Buddhist economics in Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Emphasizing small-scale, indigenous, sustainable alternatives to globalization, Sulak offers hope and alternatives for restructuring our economies based on Buddhist principles and personal development.

Sulak Sivaraksa is one of Asia's leading social thinkers and activists. His wide-ranging work includes founding the International Network of Engaged Buddhists and dozens of other educational and political grassroots organizations, and authoring more than 100 books in Thai and English, including Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society. He was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize and, in 1995, received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780982165614
  • Publisher: Koa Books
  • Publication date: 4/1/2009
  • Pages: 192
  • Sales rank: 821,593
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction 3

1 Heavenly Messengers 9

2 Creating a Culture of Peace 17

3 Development from the Bottom Up 25

4 Re-envisioning Education 41

5 Moral Governance 57

6 Real Security 69

7 Buddhism in a World of Change 81

8 The Breath of Peace 89

Acknowledgments 95

About the Author 97

About the Editors 101

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