After more than 2,500 years that Buddhism exist in the world and thousands of years it has accompanied with the people of Vietnam, the lessons from this philosophical system have been being applied more and more and shown its advantages. On the occasion of Vesak, we look back to the important values of Buddhism that can be applied as a good way for the development of our country.
looking back the values of Buddha, independence is emerged as a red thread. This is actually necessary for life, not only for Buddhists. People can refer in order to make their lives better. In the history of
Promote intelligence
Besides similarity with other religion that they orient people to be good, Buddhism also practise intelligence in parallel with the development of compassion. In Buddhism, intelligence practice is to have the wisdom to know the true (such as observing), since the Buddhist are encouraged to participate in all social activities with intellectual ability and their own compassion pervading the community.
Mahayana tradition access to human as an entity and that is represented on the cause and effect relation. Mahayana Buddhism raises people beyond passivity before situation, then it provides the basis to enter the world to help others (incarnation) and it will not be far from good identity (legal body).
In that spirit, the theory of reincarnation, damnation, retribution, affliction ... is the situations that people loss of identity due to lack of wisdom. This is a critical value that can be apply for the process of building and developing a knowledge economy with a concentration of gray matter in all production activities. Gray matter will become a prerequisite for the success or failure of the country.
Consolidation
Buddhism always encourages to access to real life to practice the methods of the Buddha. This is the reason for Sangha Organization (Sangha)’s birth and development. Therefore, in the actual operation of Buddhist, solidarity factor is focused. This is an important value that the research and application in life became a history lesson for a lot of different countries.
One of the basic spirits of solidarity is shown by the Buddhist concept "green peace" when operating. They are: “Thân hòa đồng trụ” (living harmoniously together); “Khẩu hòa vô chánh” (me talking harmoniously together, not quarrelsome, not speak evil words, harsh words, do not fight each other); “Ý hòa đồng duyệt” (opinions of the members in the community are harmony with each other); “ Kiến hòa đồng giải” (Using your experience and knowledge to explain problem so that everyone can understand, and sympathize with each), “Giới hòa đồng tu” (let's keep morality together, could not play to violate morality).
(Sharing benefit equally). This is the foundation to build a strong unity from family, each organization to community, nation ... can apply to create a living environment, help each other for progress and resolve any problems in a spirit of harmony and sharing.
Looking back the history, the three lessons each contribute to the multiple values of Vietnamese. And in the future, these values will continue to be promoted on a new dimension while developing the country.
