ECONOMIC BUDDHA

  

Jeffrey Sachs's research (professor of economics at prestigious universities Columbia UniverCity) about the economy buddha.

what and why Jeffrey Sachs are interested in and encourage the world to learn and apply the Buddha's economy is at his watch in one of the Buddha, a small country on the slopes of himalaya, namely Bhutan.

Bhutan with a population of around 700 hundred thousand people in his local area of France.

Bhutan is a country actually historically an integral part of Tibetan Buddhist country which de facto led by the Dalai old who currently resides in exile.

however, because Tibet is now in the grip of the PRC, then even though its people are predominantly Buddhist Tibet, but its economic policy is the same as with the economic system of the PRC.

ust like other countries, although the majority of the population adheres to a particular religion, not necessarily the economic and political system that is taught using a system of religion, including Muslim majority in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, and so forth. economic system is a capitalist economic system oriented to the U.S..

What's wrong with the economy the Buddha?
different from the capitalist pursuit of GNP, gross national product (material), Bhutan's pursuit of GNH, Gross National Happinies (spiritual).

indeed, scientifically there is no formula in calculating GNH, but errors are conceived by the GNP indicator is already much corrected by various indicators of economic development that some have been accommodated in the MDGs (Millineum Development Goals), such as HDI (Human Development indexs) which not only measure of economic success from the point of the material or economic indicators. Recent research shows that happiness is not the same as the number of items controlled as in the philosophy of capacity.

Bhutan's economic system can we dubbed as a reflection of the Buddhist economic system focused economic development people to try to secure the spirit of its inhabitants in the middle attack very rapidly changing world marked by the campaign "kotanisasi" (different from urbanization, materialization, individualization, moneterisasi, which leads to loss of "self" of man as a spiritual man.

The inspiration of Jigme Thinley, Bhutan's Prime Minister, explained the two main things that be a concern. First, environmental damage and the second is the sense of happiness.

He considered human beings it is a limited and vulnerable. He was very concerned about how the culture of food imports such as fast food, TV, video, cars, style / fashion, cosmetics, consumer style, working overtime, and styles imported from the west could bring us into an atmosphere of spiritual happiness? The answer is no, Western culture was produced on the nature of aggression, loneliness, greed, purely work, environmental destruction, social conflict, which leads to the exhaustion point of disgust with no meaning. In fact, life ends with suicide. Bhutan PM directs economic system created a society that enjoys "sustainable happines" happiness is constantly marked by the quality of human health, the environment is preserved, faithful soul and original culture that is able to withstand the attack another culture that is incompatible with the ideology of the people.

This concept is actually what is now Western attention especially after feeling the negative effects and a variety of crises that hit the world economy is still manghantui economic system and one of the causes of the emergence of the idea of these MDGs.

What Buddhist Economics similarities with the Sharia? from the spiritual aspect of a lot of similarities between Buddhist ideology with Islam and even also with other major religions such as Hindu, Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant. In fact, often I have to say that the capitalist economic system is not inspired by any religion.

Capitalist economic system comes from the idea of secularism, materialism, and rationalism that does not acknowledge the existence of God is that it is definitely supposed to be opposed to all religions.

Thought and reflection are taught Buddhism is kedamian, simplicity, happiness, resignation, thankful, preserving nature, fused (simboisis) with nature, helping the weak, leaving the luxury world, and help each other. happiness according to Buddhist judged that happiness is not attached to the goods, services, and other property. Happiness is a reflection and love to others. Buddha did not consider themselves (Selfish), but others (altruism). all of these properties is in accordance with any religion let alone the values taught by Islam, including those that must be pursued by the economic systems and institutions business calling itself the Islamic (Sharia).

Islamic economic system that historically has been proved successful in 9-12 century AD when it appears again in the form of practice, but still in the shadows and the grip of the capitalist system. He seemed to live like object in a cantolkan on large trees left alive (political interest) without the support of food from the trunk (a serious political decision). Fortunately, he did not parasites. In fact, the drug and the balancing of the capitalist system that has been before the sinking.

Why is this system in spite of the attention was already included in the IMF and some capitalist countries, such as the UK and several universities, are not included in the serious attention of Jeffrey Sachs? one answer is that the majority of countries that Islam was not applied as a country's dominant economic system. If there were such as Pakistan, Malaysia, the new companion on stage, while Iran and Sudan and other countries who want to try a continuous attack of the champions of the capitalist order can not breathe continue the implementation of this system in the nation, this Islamic doctrine does not grow away without a struggle and should be a field for his people to be a land of worship to seek divine pleasure to the ultimate happiness, a big victory, fausul aziim. This system will not be able to play wide if his people are just waiting and waiting.