Buddhist point of view takes the function of work to be at least threefold: to give a man a chance to utilize and develop his faculties; to enable him to overcome his ego-centeredness by joining with other people in a common task; and to bring forth the goods and services needed for a becoming existence
work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure
two types of mechanization which must be clearly distinguished: one that enhances a man’s skill and power and one that turns work over to a mechanical slave, leaving man in a position of having to serve the slave.
“the craftsman himself can always, if allowed to, draw the delicate distinction between the machine and the tool. The carpet loom is a tool, a contrivance for holding warp threads at a stretch for the pile to be woven round them by the craftsmen’s fingers; but the power loom is a machine, and its significance as a destroyer of culture lies in the f...
the Buddhist sees the essence of civilization not in a multiplication of wants but in the purification of human character
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