[Buddha-l] what wld buddha buy

[Steve Hopkins]

As we all should be.  A rather good article on 'Greed' , by a Brit  
who's a Professor of, perhaps surprisingly, Design at New York's New  
School, appeared in Britain's 'New Statesman' this week (http:// 
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2008/12/greed-economy-crime-essay), one of  
an increasing number of pieces I've seen on this theme.  But whilst  
Dilnot finds time for Hindu, Marxist and, of course, capitalist  
perspectives on the mess that we're in, he doesn't mention either  
Gandhi's “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not  
every man's greed” or the extensive Buddhist commentary, if I can  
call it that, concerning greed.  Perhaps he was too worried by the  
fact that the five basic precepts mention nothing about abstaining  
from wealth or property. If he was, should he have been?

Penuriously,

Steve Hopkins

On 9 Dec 2008, at 18:44, Gary Gach wrote:

> I am
> reluctant to say "paradigm shift" but there seems a seismic upheaval
> affecting all frameworks at hand (or afoot) ...