{"product_id":"6528","title":"Facing the Future (MP3 audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a Pariyatti audiobook of four essays from the book \u003cem\u003eFacing the Future: Four Essays on the Social Relevance of Buddhism\u003c\/em\u003e by Bhikkhu Bodhi, narrated by Shelina Hetherington.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e     \u003cli\u003eA Buddhist Social Ethic for the New Century\u003c\/li\u003e     \u003cli\u003eA Buddhist Approach to Economic and Social Development\u003c\/li\u003e     \u003cli\u003eThe Changing Face of Buddhism\u003c\/li\u003e     \u003cli\u003eSangha at the Crossroads\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Gentium Book Plus', serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf we use the Buddha s teachings as a lens to examine the corporate economic system and its offshoot, the consumerist culture, we will see that it is ultimately detrimental to the well-being of both its masters and servants alike. Drawing upon the tools of Buddhist analysis, let us briefly sketch the inner dynamics of this system. We see in the first instance that such a social order is founded upon ignorance or delusion (\u003ci\u003eavijj \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003emoha\u003c\/i\u003e), namely, the supposition that material wealth and consumption are the criteria of the good life. According to the Buddhist texts, when ignorance infiltrates our cognitive systems it issues in a series of  distortions  (\u003ci\u003evipall sa\u003c\/i\u003e) which infect our perception (\u003ci\u003esaññ \u003c\/i\u003e), thinking (\u003ci\u003ecitta\u003c\/i\u003e), and views (\u003ci\u003edi  hi\u003c\/i\u003e). The Buddha mentions four such distortions: the notions that the impermanent is permanent, that the painful (or suffering) is pleasant, that the insubstantial is a self, and that the unbeautiful is beautiful. At the most basic level we perceive things by way of these distortions; when these distorted perceptions are taken up for reflection, we start thinking in terms of them; and finally, under the combined influence of distorted perception and thought, we adopt views that is, beliefs, doctrines, and ideologies that affirm the mistaken notions of permanence, pleasure, selfhood, and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cdiv id=\"social-ethic\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003ch3 id=\"audiobook\" style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eA Buddhist Social Ethic for the New Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"iframe-container\"\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/820155698?quality=1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/download.pariyatti.org\/free\/6528\/1_A%20Buddhist%20Social%20Ethic%20for%20the%20New%20Century.mp3\"\u003eDownload (29MB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P4ItpStkpgw\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"youtube_link\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"social-development\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003ch3 id=\"buddhist-approach-economic-social\" style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eA Buddhist Approach to Economic and Social Development \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"iframe-container\"\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/820161007?quality=1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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