Part 02.......SAVING. The third principle is to be a friend, be honest, be wise, and be helpful to each other. This principle is similar to the foundation of an association, or a community, or a cooperative, which requires the selection of individuals with high ideals among its members to manage or lead the community as a governing body or a board of directors within the framework of developing the lives of its members by taking into account the common good. The last principle is to use and spend wealth at a level appropriate to one's status or just to live. In economic terms, the term HOUSEHOLD BUDGET is used, which means that this is a private family budget. If it is a public budget, it is called THE NATIONS ECONOMY BUDGET, which means that the national budget is balanced. In short, it is a matter of examining and controlling income and expenditure to ensure that it is balanced in accordance with Buddhism, which is stated in the Dhamma (present benefit). As for other teachings, such as avoiding all kinds of loss of wealth (abayamuk), knowing what is the happiness of the household, and making the family stable for a long time, all of these are another economy that must be combined with morality. In this regard, Buddhism clearly saw that human morality is very difficult to achieve if the personal economy of each person does not progress or does not act in a dignified manner. For this reason, the Buddha emphasized the state economy and the family economy in the framework of building a position, namely, how to make the state and private economy as high or medium as possible. To understand quickly, the reader should review a story in our Buddhist scriptures that relates that one day the Buddha instructed a Brahmin who had asked him about the issue of sacrifice. The Buddha did not give an answer to this question, but he took the opportunity to enlighten the Brahmin in the context of his question, saying, You yourself are a person who has the function of managing and maintaining the Brahmins in a country with many villages and districts. You are a person whom all the Brahmins recognize, recognize the advice of the father. You must manage the economy of this country properly, achieve high development, stability and at a good level before you can do anything else. Brahmin! The program to eradicate theft should not be carried out by imposing any punishment or even killing, because all these actions are ineffective, they do not stop people from committing theft. Why? Because other wicked people take their place, and they commit theft again. But if they manage the economy well, people will get jobs according to their abilities and knowledge. At the same time, there must be a plan to help farmers, merchants, and government officials to live comfortably in their businesses, and then your country will be in peace and prosperity. The Buddha taught about economics and morality as mentioned above. We can answer the accusation that Buddhism teaches people to be lazy, to live by the help of deities, to sleep in adventures, etc. Buddhism does not teach this, not even a single word. Furthermore, in some cases, the Buddha expressed the virtues of doing certain types of business, such as trading, by clearly stating that if a trader himself practices the three virtues, he will definitely have a high profit. However, rapid progress can only be achieved if the economist or businessman has three more characteristics.
(The Business of Buddhism)
The characteristics of a successful businessman who can quickly become a wealthy person and become a millionaire in the world must have three characteristics
Three tips that young businessmen must maintain for their business life in doing business in a righteous way. It is also a very important issue for people's daily lives. How to do business must also be studied and understood clearly when entering this field. Here are some quick tips to help young businessmen:
The Buddha showed three characteristics of doing business to become wealthy, rich, and loved by many people to avoid some views that the Buddha only taught people about karma, results, merit, and demerit, so most of his followers were poor. In some cases, the Buddha expressed the virtues in doing business, such as selling, clearly stating that if the seller has three qualities, they will definitely get high profits. The lessons taught by the Buddha to make their business run smoothly, the layman should apply the direction of the three virtues:
1. A wise person is someone who has good eyesight or bright eyes, especially someone who knows the rules of economics and business, that is, they know how to sell and buy in order to make a lot of money. More specifically, they know how to be skilled in business, how to make a profit, how to lose money, know the times, such as knowing the seasons of each occupation. Knowing the places to sell, that is, where it sells high, where it sells low, and knowing the needs of people in each place, what they need to buy, what they need to buy, and so on. Being wise is being smart in selling and buying, knowing how to make a loss and how to make a profit, knowing the times, knowing the seasons of each occupation.
