Niyam, Very good thoughts. At present I want to just give my comments. I think Budhism needs to be studied more carefully than it is normally. I am not a Buddist but have some idea. The Kshanikwad and why there is misary in the world is very well explained in Buddism. Redistribution of wealth does not solve problem of poverty. It was done 4 times by a king of Tibet and wealth concentrated again due to system. It needs deep study of social, political and economic understanding and deeper understanding of the forces operating in a particular society and a solution thereof. thanks & Regards: Prof. (Dr.)A.K. Pandey
----- Original Message ---- From: Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 February, 2008 2:54:02 AM Subject: Re: [ilugd] Creative Capitalism [snip] a) bill has no choice but to defecate his billions. he can't digest it all in this life. he can't take it with him to his grave. he can't give it to his children and devastate them. too much wealth can sometimes be a dreadful burden. b) he's taking the most measured approach yet in recorded history, to bring principles of capitalism to charity. c) gautam buddha, mahavir, and a few saints who thought hard about the inequality of wealth always found an easy way to equality: donate wealth and become poor themselves. alas, all the wealth given away through thousands of years by hundreds of wealthy people has not eradicated poverty. yet. it has only made the wealthy poor by their own choice, and helped quite a few assuage their 'money guilt' perhaps because, as mario puzo once said 'behind every fortune there is a crime.' d) bill is trying hard 'to do the right thing.' e) he has studied the problems with charity, the inefficiencies and even corruption that entwines charity, especially in poverty-stricken countries run by despots, and is trying to offer a working solution. f) the key difference in society today is that before the birth of the software industry, and the industrial revolution, the wealth an individual could generate was directly related to his or her efforts, through products and services. the industrial revolution changed this equation. the business models of intangible economies has created the huge imbalance of wealth evident with microsoft, and even warren buffet. could carry on with this topic, as it is quite fascinating and somehow we all always knew that a day will come when this wealth will have to be given away. as krishna explains in the bhagwad-gita: no person can own wealth and riches. at best, a person can only be its guard and caretaker (chowkidaar) maximum for a complete lifetime. then it has to be given away or will be snatched away, or bequeathed away. the ownership of wealth is an illusion. if you could really own it, you could take it with you beyond your grave. rather than just give it away, bill is trying to use it save a life, find solutions to real problems that cause, sustain, and even aggravate poverty. that's his new measure of wealth. a new proposed variable for measuring the wealth of the wealthy. from 'where do you want to go today?' to 'what problem of humanity do you want to try to solve today?' [stop!] regards niyam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive..com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
