What social changes might implementation of Buddhist ethics bring about? For example, how would it alter adver

[Rani]

What social changes might implementation of Buddhist ethics bring about? For example, how would it alter advertising or marketing generally? What impact would it have on television?

[friend]

remember budhism is a spritual religion not a religion for rule the nation like islam. basic thought was that to get rid of all worldly evils by way of path shown by lord budha.you read his teaching of eight fold path. the most important is the philosophy of equality and removal of casteism. but now many of politicians are twisting its philosophy for there own use and atleast in india making it a refuge for dalit class. new budhist r such people. they are from maharashtra and claim to be follower of b.r. ambedkar. certainly it was the social evil of hinduism that compelled him to change religion in frustration when he failed to reform own religion. casteism is deep rooted and even dalit have same feeling , chamar ( shoe maker) dont treat the dom ( who clean human excrement ) equal. so never think budhism is a way to rule better learn its spritual aspects.

[friend]

Buddhist practice exposes desire as the source of suffering.

Desire is the wish for things to be different than they actually are. When desire appears, we are unsettled, ill at ease, and unhappy.

When someone practices Buddhist meditation, they can see clearly how desire manifests as attachment and aversion. And as these mind-habits become clear to us, they begin to fade away.

If everyone practiced Buddhist meditation, then advertising and marketing -- which fundamentally seeks to produce desire -- would begin to lose their role as influences in the culture.

Most television programming is simply an extension of advertising and marketing (these pay the bills) and these programs would probably give way to more reality-based programming (NOT reality TV, though).

Buddhism trains practitioners to observe the truth and act within the truth. The name for that is Great Love. Sadly, modern culture has little interest in Great Love; it only supports the small love of self-concern.