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Poverty is not a thing people normally pursue. Riches are pursued; poverty is fled from, the faster, the better. Just look at how much of life today is engaged in the long flight from poverty, ending, if one is fortunate, somewhere near the middle or end of this incarnation.But what if the escape from being […]

The present paper has been highlighted Buddhist perspective on poverty, Buddhism believes poverty comprises sufferings, and there is a casual relationship between material poverty and spiritual poverty. The eradication of poverty prerequisites to be established by the formation of a society free of corruption, social tensions, conflicts and struggles where people can live in agreement,

Dr. Vandana Shiva explains her pioneering role in taking Vedic ideas of Ecofeminism to the West. She did this over a period of several decades starting in the 1970s. Now these ideas have become digested into the Western feminism movement. They have forgotten the Vedic origins.

Reading the Dimensions of Spiritual Ecology & Eco-Feminism in the Bhoomi Sukta by Dr. Jagriti Upadhyaya.

Performance measurement has far-reaching implications for not-for-profit organizations because it serves to legitimize, attract resources, and preserve expectations of stakeholders. However, the existing theory and practice of not-for-profit performance measurement have fallen short, due in part, to an overuse of profit-oriented philosophies. Therefore, we examine not-for-profit performance measurement by utilizing Marques’ (J Bus Ethics 92:211–225,

Environmental ethics instil a precious code within individuals and societies, and every person should work to deepen this within themselves in order to become empowered with the strength to act and make decisions from within on environmental issues that are not harmful to their community, country, and the world. Environmental ethics needs to focus on

According to Indian philosophy, the entire universe is created out of the conglomeration of the sub-atomic particles which influence the five gross elements – earth, water, fire, air and space. All living beings, animate or inanimate, come under this classification. So, life forms are created on the backdrop of the gross elements. The five gross

This short piece provides a brief introduction to Buddhist approach to education with examples from Buddha’s life.

Criticizing the Western emphasis on reason and science that marked the emergence of European human rights doctrines, the Indian political scientist S.V. Puntambekar was of the opinion that “we shall have to give up some of the superstitions of material science and limited reason, which make man too much this-worldly, and introduce higher spiritual aims

The Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) (www.jaina.org) is the umbrella organization of 70 North American Jain centers established in the USA and Canada representing 150,000 Jains in North America. JAINA recognizes the extreme threat that climate change poses to all life on Earth and have issued a Declaration on Climate Change in