Should Buddhist strive for a successful life ?

• Isis

  2 Apr 08, 21:42

  I could like to ask for perspective:

  From a Buddhist point of view, do u think Buddhist should strive for a successful life ?There will definitely be a certain amount struggle in career, in inner emotion, in our relationship, in our family etc.

  On the other hand,  we can choose not to strive for success and instead choose to live a simple life, with less worries and responsiblities.

  Be it successful or unsuccessful, how can one be learn to be content with what one has have ? By knowing your limitation and knowing your capability, to find the one matches your inclination ?

  Some people might have to lie, to plot, to trample on others, to get rid of those ahead of them in order to climb up the ladder of success. In the older days, the chinese emperor murdered his kins to for a golden chair or face the danger himself.  In the modern society, office politics has became the battlefield for power of struggles.

  Now, all this scenarios i have raised, is something real that has happened in life but is ultimately meaningless.

  As no matter how much wealth we hoarded, we can never bring it across when we pass on.

• An Eternal Now

  2 Apr 08, 22:01

  I think we all should do our best and work hard for the future.... but as Eckhart said, not to make this moment as a means to an end... but to fully be in the moment, be one with what you are doing, instead of chasing after goals.. chasing after the future. In this way we do not worry ourselves with responsibilities and so on. When you do whatever you are doing without attachment, there is more attention/quality in what you are doing... so it is more 'real'.

  Detachment is not necessarily being withdrawn or not actively participating on our work, it just means we are paying attention to what we are doing rather than being obsessed with attachments to past, present and future. In this way, we are content and yet at the same time actively working towards whatever we aim to work towards. When we are like this, we will not be attached to any outcome and are content and at peace with whatever the outcome is, and content with what we have or are at now... content with just this moment.

  But whatever we must do, we must do with right action and right livelihood, in accordance with 8 fold path... As a Buddhist practitioner we should try to cause minimal harm to others and to pursuit progress in our own career or anything with as little wrong action and so on as possible. We may not be perfect but we try to practice to our abilities.

  http://www.jenchen.org.sg/vol6no2a.htm

   

  Volume 6 no 2

  Feature

  Seize The Day

  In the Noble Eight-fold Path[1] taught by Buddha, the Right Action[1] advocates practitioners of Buddhism to pursue all that are virtuous with zeal and a commitment to progress. Such should be the correct attitude whether in our career or in pursuit of the ultimate truth. The following short story may help to illustrate Buddha's teaching more clearly.

  Early one morning Buddha and one of his chief disciples, Ananda, set out from Jetavana to seek alms. They came to the city of Sravasti. As they entered the city gate and were walking along a path by the city wall, they saw an aged couple. Their backs were crooked and they could neither straighten themselves nor move about. They were dressed in rags, appearing unhygienic and well worn with age: frail, toothless, grey hair, hard of hearing and poor eyesight. They lived next to a pile of rubbish by the derelict wall of a sleazy alley. They crouched close to each other, facing a small fire for warmth. With eyes only for each other, they resembled a pair of old swans that cannot bear to part. The Buddha turned his head and asked Ananda, "Did you see that aged couple by the wall and the warmth of the burning cow dung?" Ananda replied, "World Honoured One, I see them." The Buddha continued, "If this old couple had been determined and diligent when they were young and strong, regardless of the nature of their work as long as it is legitimate, perhaps at this age they are already amongst the wealthiest class of people in Sravasti. On the other hand, if they had chosen to renounce their worldly life to learn and cultivate the right path with diligence, perhaps they would have already attained the Arhat [2] by now. Even if they were not that determined when they were young, but are ambitious and diligent only at a later age and they work with the Right Action, perhaps they are already amongst the second wealthiest class of people in Sravasti. Similarly, if on the other hand, they had chosen to renounce their worldly life to learn and cultivate the right path with diligence, perhaps they would have already attained the Anagami [2]. Worse still, should they only realise about diligence and progress when they are already at their middle age, and only then began to work with the Right Action, perhaps they are already amongst the third wealthiest class of people in Sravasti. If they had chosen to renounce their worldly life to learn and cultivate the right path with diligence, perhaps they would have already attained the Sakrdagamin [2]. However, they did none of the above. Instead, they spent their life times loving and possessing each other, and wasted the most useful time of their lives. That is why today they are helpless and have no way out of their predicament. They live in poor conditions, are penniless and there is nothing that they can do. For them it is a living death, having to face the retribution of their own doing, and nobody took any pity on them. What meaning is there in a life like this?" In order to encourage people not to fall into the same predicament, the Buddha said, "Ananda, always remember to advise and guide people: In youth, be determined, diligent, and thrifty and strive to acquire knowledge. Maintain a mind that is distant and unchained from desire and be focused on building a career during the prime of life. In middle age, realise a stable career that is based on diligence, zeal, progress and Right Action. Always use the wealth meaningfully to benefit self and others. Do not wait till old age and rely on the people's benevolence like the aged swan." The above incident demonstrates the compassion of the Buddha in caring for sentient beings and encouraging people to be determined in striving for progress, regardless of whether one is concerned with building a career, or one who has renounced the worldly life to learn and cultivate the right path. His only wish was for all sentient beings to be distant from suffering and attain happiness in life. Notes: [1] Noble Eight-fold Path: 1. Right Speech 2. Right Action 3. Right Livelihood 4. Right Effort 5. Right Mindfulness 6. Right Concentration 7. Right Views 8. Right Thought [2] The four stages in Hinayana sanctity: - 1st stage - srota-apanna - 2nd stage - sakrdagamin - 3rd stage - anagami-phala - 4th stage - arhat, the highest stage

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• Bodhi hut

  2 Apr 08, 22:19

   

  In this ERA so different from the chronicle time from the Shakyamuni time, this soceity is very tense and fast, everyone are trying to lead a suscessful life, but think again, a suscessful life is the root of greed.

  A person would not be happy of a small sucess, so what is the actual suscessful life a person is persuaing? Would a person revise his self esteam? Would a person be contended? Would a person cherish what is the fruit of his work..In this Era, I find that living in a peaceful and simple life is pretty much harder than striving a sucessful life...as this soceity has many barriers and hinders such lifestyle, for those who are working adult like me, will understand.

   

  But living in such harsh environment makes a person better firm up in his practise, as the exposure to this harsh environment could makes one relise the meaning of life....using the nature of difficulties and resolve things within his abilities and with mindfulness, a person could acheive much more in life.

   

  �管环境多么嘈�，有一颗清�的心，这个世界就是��的。

   

• bohiruci

  2 Apr 08, 23:50

  Sometimes in adverse situation have we asked why is that so ?

  I am currently in an Sales job , to me its okie ,becos initial times is tough

  ppl will despise you ,but end of day is their problem not yours

  I agree with what Bodhi hut say , nothing should deter us from progressing in life

  in a sales or technical environment

   

   

• Isis

  3 Apr 08, 00:23

  The Buddhist Way of Life for Householders

  The Buddha considered economic welfare as a requisite for human happiness, but moral and spiritual development for a happy, peaceful and contend life.

  A man named Dighajanu once visited the Buddha and said, "Venerable Sir, we are ordinary layman, leading a family life with wife and children. Would the Blessed One teach us some doctrines which will be conducive to our happiness in this world and hereafter?

  The Buddha told him that there are four things which are conducive to a man's happiness in this world. First: he should be skilled, efficient, earnest, and energetic in whatever profession he is engaged, and he should know it well (utthana-sampada); second: he should protect his income, which he has thus earned righteously, with the sweat of his brow (arakkha-sampada); third he should have good friends (kalyana-mitta) who are faithful, learned, virtuous, liberal and intelligent, who will help him along the right path away from evil; fourth: he should spend reasonably, in proportion to his income, neither too much nor too little, i.e., he should not hoard wealth avariciously nor should he be extravagant- in other words he should live within his means (sama-jivikata)

  Then the Buddha expounds the four virtues conducive to a hayman's happiness hereafter: (1) Saddha: he should have faith and confidence in moral, spiritual and intellectual values; (2) Sila: he should abstain from destroying and harming life, from stealing and cheating, from adultery, from falsehood, and from intoxicating drinks: (3) Caga: he should practise charity, generosity, without attachment and craving for his wealth; (4) Panna: he should develop wisdom which leads to the complete destruction of suffering, to the realisation of Nibbana.

  Some times the Buddha even went into details about saving money and spending it, as, for instances, when he told the young man Sigala that he should spend one fourth of his income on his daily expenses, invest half in his business and put aside one fourth for any emergency. Once the Buddha told Anathapindika, the great banker, one of His most devoted lay disciples who found for Him the celebnted Jetavana Monastery at Savatthi, that a layman who leads an ordinary family life has four kinds of happiness. The first happiness is to enjoy economic security or sufficient wealth acquired by just and righteous means (atthi-sukha): the second is spending that wealth liberally on himself, his family, his friends and relatives, and on meritorious deeds (bhoga-sukha): the third to be free from debts (anana-sukha): the fourth happiness is to live a faultless, and a pure life without committing evil in thought, word or deed. (anavajja - sukha)

  It must be noted here that first three are economic and material happiness which is 'not worth part' of the spiritual happiness arising out of a faultless and good life.

  From the few examples given above, one can see that the Buddha considered economic welfare as a requisite for human happiness, but that he did not recognize progress as real and true if it was only material, devoid of a spiritual and moral foundation. While encouraging material progress, Buddhism always lays great stress on the development of the moral and spiritual character for a happy, peaceful and contented society.

  Many people think that to be a good Buddhist one must have absolutely nothing to do with the materialistic life. This is not correct. What the Buddha teaches is that while we can enjoy material comforts without going to extremes, we must also conscientiously develop the spiritual comforts without going to extremes, we must also conscientiously develop the spiritual aspects of our lives. While we can enjoy sensual pleasures as laymen, we should never be unduly attached to them to the extent that they hinder our spiritual progress. Buddhism emphasizes the need for man to follow the Middle Path.

  http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/9636

   

   

• Caitaokue

  3 Apr 08, 00:43

  I believe a Buddhist who renounces the world must first be a successful layman.  I am not talking about wealth and fame.  I am saying someone becomes monk not because he is escaping from the mandane world but rather he graduated from the worldly life.

  Going to the cave and meditate for the rest of your life is easier than remaining in the mandane world and cultivate.in it.  Being successful, you can not only help others in physical means with charity but you are showing to the world that one can be successful in a Buddhist way.

  Of course it must be warned that the mandane world is ultimately an illusion and if we are too engrossed living in it, we are just wasting our human life.  We must not forget to cultivate and meditate, and practice what Buddha taught.

  So go ahead and be Successful and still be on your path to Enlightenment.

• JitKiat

  3 Apr 08, 12:30

  It depends on what you mean by successful. Wealth, career, status etc are obviously depend on merits accumulated in past lifes. The best successful example is probably Yuan LiaoFan as told in LiaoFan's lesson (了凡四训）。

  Another well-known successful person is 维摩诘居士, his standard is much higher compared to Yuan LiaoFan though:

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• Bodhi hut

  3 Apr 08, 17:25

  Having good karma bring to this life is a bonus, but a person should be realistic and continue such good deeds and practise in this current life, one bad thing done could just diminish all the good things done previously..so we must work hard for suscess in this life..

• JitKiat

  3 Apr 08, 17:55

  行善 is not so easy, quoted from Liofan's lessons (source from www.dfg.cn):

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• Isis

  5 Apr 08, 00:29

  Originally posted by Isis:

  I could like to ask for perspective:

  Some people might have to lie, to plot, to trample on others, to get rid of those ahead of them in order to climb up the ladder of success. In the older days, the chinese emperor murdered his kins to for a golden chair or face the danger himself.  In the modern society, office politics has became the battlefield for power of struggles.

   

  After some contemplation, this is my two cents:

  For those who  have done harm to others will live their life without much inner peace and in constant fear.

  As a Buddhist,  we should avoid doing evil, do good and purify the mind. Even if we face dire situation, seek refuge in the triple gems and practise the Dharma diligently, the wise teaching of the buddha will lead us all to self-liberation.

  Amituofo

  /\

• airgrinder

  5 Apr 08, 00:45

  This is one question that had bothered me for sometime. In the process of doing what I do, I often encountered people, techniques, methods, process, etc that are unethical, dishonest and selfish in nature. And some of the top people in my field are all that and they preach all that to the juniors.

• Caitaokue

  5 Apr 08, 01:01

  Originally posted by airgrinder:

  This is one question that had bothered me for sometime. In the process of doing what I do, I often encountered people, techniques, methods, process, etc that are unethical, dishonest and selfish in nature. And some of the top people in my field are all that and they preach all that to the juniors.

  Wow, welcome to the real world. This is a real test for you.  I wouldn't say what you should do and what you shouldn't do.  It seems like if you do not do what he taught, you will be left behind.  On the other hand, if you practice what he taught, you will suffer guilty conscious.  Just remember everything has a cause and effect, that;'s all.

• Isis

  5 Apr 08, 01:20

  Originally posted by airgrinder:

  This is one question that had bothered me for sometime. In the process of doing what I do, I often encountered people, techniques, methods, process, etc that are unethical, dishonest and selfish in nature. And some of the top people in my field are all that and they preach all that to the juniors.

  The hightlight in blue: I got a hunch that the flaws is largely magnified.

   

  Sometime, It is better to be an elephant who live in solitude than to be in the world of the fool.

   

   

   

   

• rokkie

  6 Apr 08, 13:39

  i don't think buddhist should strive ,they should posses a let go attitude.Since everything is empty,but to make life meaningful ,they do what they love to.They do buddhism practice for joy.In the other concept ,they should work hard ,coz there is concept mentioned "精进". What i understand that,is u do thing

  not driven by desire ,but joy.

• Bodhi hut

  6 Apr 08, 15:06

   

  努力修修自己的心。。观看自己的心。。。�从心以新的心念观�对人生。。��用心宣扬佛的教育。。自己�能修。。怎么�能修别人。。

• rokkie

  6 Apr 08, 15:28

  shit ,just now what i key in dissappear ,i have u rekey in it .Seems that u r refering to 心学 by 王阳明，but i know u r not,心学 is a mixture of all three religions ,if u take confucius as one too.

• An Eternal Now

  6 Apr 08, 15:28

  Originally posted by Bodhi hut:

   

  努力修修自己的心。。观看自己的心。。。�从心以新的心念观�对人生。。��用心宣扬佛的教育。。自己�能修。。怎么�能修别人。。

  Actually we should �觉��心

  Because our thoughts and mind are very impermanent... we easily change our mindset, we can easily get influenced, change descisions, change our thinking and get affected by external world.

  But if we �觉 and constantly watch over our mind and know its every moment, know whether its good or bad, aware of every moment of thought... wisdom can arise. If we are not aware we can easily get tricked by our mind... our mind can bring us to heaven and hell, and we can get tricked by it if we don't watch over it.

  觉 = 佛

• rokkie

  6 Apr 08, 15:33

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  Actually we should �觉��心

  Because our thoughts and mind are very impermanent... we easily change our mindset, we can easily get influenced, change descisions, change our thinking and get affected by external world.

  But if we �觉 and constantly watch over our mind and know its every moment, know whether its good or bad, aware of every moment of thought... wisdom can arise. If we are not aware we can easily get tricked by our mind... our mind can bring us to heaven and hell, and we can get tricked by it if we don't watch over it.

  觉 = 佛

  i don't whether u heard this before, 万法唯识，一切唯心。if our mindset is not stable ,we should keep it stable .that's a good result of practising buddhism.

• An Eternal Now

  6 Apr 08, 15:40

  Originally posted by rokkie:

  i don't whether u heard this before, 万法唯识，一切唯心。if our mindset is not stable ,we should keep it stable .that's a good result of practising buddhism.

  The only way we can keep our mind "stable" is by watching our mind, not being tricked by it.

  My local dharma teacher wrote this article about 6 years ago --

  http://www.humanbliss.com.sg/blissful_articledetails.asp?articleNo=180

  � � 觉 照 动 中 修

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  醒 群

• rokkie

  6 Apr 08, 16:00

  yes , keep stable out of unstable

• An Eternal Now

  6 Apr 08, 16:06

  http://www.humanbliss.com.sg/blissful_articledetails.asp?articleNo=89 è¿™ 个“ 知 é�“” å°± 是 觉 ç…§

  有 人 说 我 çš„ 心 清 净 了， 是 自 净 å…¶ æ„�， è¿™ æ · 讲 是 ä¸� 对 的， å›  为 ä½  还 有 一 个 心， 怎 么 能 解 脱 呢？ è¦� 把 心 æ„� 都 清 净 了 æ‰� 能 解 脱。 但 è‹¥ 是 憨 憨 å‚» å‚» 也 ä¸� 对， è¦� æ—¶ 刻 都 知 é�“ 自 å·± çš„ 心 æ„� 是 清 净 的， èµ· 念 头 自 å·± 知 é�“， ä¸� èµ· 念 头 自 å·± 也 知 é�“， è¿™ 个“ 知 é�“” å°± 是 觉 照。

  � 圣 开 法 师

• An Eternal Now

  6 Apr 08, 16:07

  http://www.humanbliss.com.sg/blissful_articledetails.asp?articleNo=99 观 心 因 为 大 家 都 有 心， 我 们 最 好 天 天 看 无 心， � �“ 观 心�， 心 有 污 染 的 时 候， 就 用 佛 的 甘 露� 把 心 洗 干 净， 我 们 这 个 心 如 果 干 净 了， 那 就 能 够 跟 佛 � � 的 心 一 样； � 如 我 们 这 个心 能 够 净 了， 那 么 � 学 佛 � 佛 也 就 很 快 了。 � 圣 开 法 师
• Isis

  6 Apr 08, 19:06

  Originally posted by rokkie:

  i don't think buddhist should strive ,they should posses a let go attitude.Since everything is empty,but to make life meaningful ,they do what they love to.They do buddhism practice for joy.In the other concept ,they should work hard ,coz there is concept mentioned "精进". What i understand that,is u do thing

  not driven by desire ,but joy.

  This is just my opinion. Putting the right effort is important. We have many responsibilites to the society, to our family, to friends and by putting in our best effot is also a form of practise for cultivation for perfection of vigour. We put in our best effort into a task but don't be attached to the outcome.

  It is important not to have too much greed. Knowing your own body and mind, whether can you take up the extra responsibilies. Though i always like to challenge myself against my own limitation as i like the growing phrases but there is always a need for moderation at times, to prevent one from overburning.

  Yes I think 观 心 is beneficial in our daily life.

  As Eckhart Tolle mentions in his book " the new earth" that people who don't meditate, have many repetitive thought running in their mind and most of time, we get lose in the content of thought. Thus not living in the moment and wasting alot of energy.

• Bodhi hut

  7 Apr 08, 01:43

  AEN.

   

  我说的是观心。。而修心。。。

  你说的觉是对的。。但�是 觉=佛

  觉�以说开悟。。。�到佛的境界，�些开悟。。。

  但我们还是�些修�我们的�想，修��习，在多多观心。。那�有正确的人生观，�有能力帮助需�的人。。。

  阿弥陀佛。。

  

  

   

• rokkie

  7 Apr 08, 13:15

  Aen 好象说的是，

  身是��树，心是明净�。

  时时勤拂拭，莫使惹尘埃