Buddhism, Ethics and Business (Online Course)

1. Credits: 5
2. Duration: five
   weeks It is recommended to dedicate about twelve hours of study per week following a flexible schedule. It is possible to reduce the duration dedicating more hours a week
3. Tuition Fees: EUR 120
4. Open Online Enrollment
5. Why study Religions and Business?
6. Download the syllabus: “Buddhism” (PDF)
   1. “Buddhist Economic Area” (PDF)

Languages:

1. Also
   available in For improving international communication skills, student has free access to the learning materials in these languages (free multilingual training).
   Budismo Bouddhisme Budismo

This course belongs to the following Higher Education Programs offered by EENI:

Doctorate: Global Ethics, Religions, and International Business, World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Religions and International Business.

Gita Institute.

This course contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the Diploma of the Professional Course: “Buddhism, Ethics and Business” granted by EENI Global Business School.

Students who have taken this subject (Buddhism) can validate and register for a Master or Doctorate at EENI.

Module 1: Buddhism and Business:

1. Introduction to Buddhism
2. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
3. Buddhist sacred texts. Udama
4. Teachings of Buddha (Bhagavan)
5. Four Noble Truths
6. Principles of Buddhist ethics
7. Buddhist version of the golden rule
8. Noble Eightfold Path
9. Buddhist Schools
   1. Mahayana
   2. Theravada
   3. Vajrayana
   4. Zen Buddhism
   5. Pure Land Buddhism
10. Two Buddhist Nobel Peace Prize:
    1. His Holiness Dalai Lama
    2. Aung San Suu Kyi
11. Prominent Buddhist: Chin Kung, DT Suzuki, Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar Babasaheb, Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, Daisaku Ikeda, and Jebtsundamba Khutuktu
12. Principles of Buddhist Economics
13. Buddhism in the World
14. Influence of Buddhism in the West
    1. Steve Jobs (Apple)
    2. William Clay Ford

Buddhism, Ethics and Business

Buddhist Businessman.

1. Kazuo Inamori (Japan). Founder and Director of Japan Airlines, and a Buddhist Monk
2. Kith Meng (Cambodia)
3. Thaksin Shinawatra (Thailand)
4. Padma Jyoti (Nepal)
5. Lee Kun-hee (South Korea), President of Samsung Electronics (Won Buddhist)

Module 2- Buddhist Economic Area

1. Introduction to Buddhist Economic Area
2. Economic Profile of Buddhist Countries
   1. Mahayana Area: China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal and Taiwan
   2. Theravada Area: Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
   3. Vajrayana Area: Tibet, Mongolia, China (Southwest), India (North), and Bhutan
3. Economic Organizations related to Buddhist Civilization
4. Economic integration process of Buddhist Civilization
5. Interactions of Buddhist Civilization with other civilizations

Sample:

1. To learn about fundamentals of Buddhism
2. To understand the ethical principles of Buddhism
3. To learn about Buddhist Schools: Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana. ZEN Buddhism
4. To analyze the influence of Buddhism on business
5. To analyze Buddhists Businessman
6. To understand the influence of Buddhism on Buddhist Civilization
7. To explore the economic relationships of Buddhist Civilization with other civilizations
8. To now the countries of influence of Buddhist Civilization

Buddhism was born in the 6th-century BCE, with the appearance of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, one of the great spiritual geniuses of humanity, in north western India. It was the time of Vedic religion, controlled by the caste of Brahmins, where the sacrifice was a common practice.

Salvation was only possible for Brahmins; lower castes believed they were immersed in an endless cycle of births and resurrections.

This axial age (Karl Jaspers) is also the time of Confucius, Lao Tzu, Deutero-Isaiah or Mahavira (founder of Jainism).

Buddha teaches a message of liberation (“Be lamps unto yourselves”), for all men and women, a society in which the castes should not exist. Buddha addressed mainly to people, to all men and women regardless of race, gender or caste.

Harmony of Religions

Buddhism grew until the third century BCE when the great Emperor Ashoka, proclaimed Buddhism as the official religion of the first Indian empire. Buddhism will experience a golden age in India until the 7th century AD, to almost disappear from India in the 13th century.

At the end of the 20th century, Buddhism begins to re-emerge in India, although the number of followers is slight compared to other Indian Religions.

Like Christianity, Buddhism began with a man, expanded under the leadership of a great empire (the Roman Empire with Christianity) and practically disappeared from his birthplace. From early times Buddhism begins to spread throughout Asia.

In China, Buddhism will adopt elements of Confucianism and Taoism to create Chinese and Zen Buddhism.

One of the problems of Buddhism, like Christianity, is to know how the original Buddhism was. Today, exists two Buddhist canons:

1. Pali Canon (Tipitaka) - Theravada school. The Udana or “The Word of Buddha” (Pronouncement or Statement) belongs to the Sutta Pitaka. The Udana is one of the oldest texts of the Pali canon; Theravada Buddhists believe that conveys the true teaching of Buddha. It consists of eight chapters and ten sutras (sections) each one. Udana is one of the key works to understand Buddhism. We will base this essay mainly in the analysis of the Udana
2. Chinese Canon
3. Nepalese Canon (Sino-Tibetan Sanskrit) - Mahayana school

In Udana IX (Bahiya) we find the definition of Nirvana (instant enlightenment). Nirvana is an entirely transcendental state; when we reached, finished reincarnation and suffering

Notes:

1. The analysis of China is not included in this course, but in the course: Taoism, Confucianism & Business
2. Although Buddhism emerged in India, it is now practiced by only 0.8% of the Indian population
3. Countries like Korea or Singapore, Buddhism is not the majority religion coexisting with other religions