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Again, the Western Pure-Land of ultimate bliss built by the Amitabha Buddha (mentioned in Amitabhasutra) is an exemplary model of management excellence. "In the Western Pure-land, there are seven levels of parapets and balustrades, seven layers of curtains and networks of precious stones, seven rows of spices trees, seven -storied pavilions decorated with seven jewels and eight lakes filled with pure water. The air vibrates with celestial harmonies. The streets are paved with gold, silver, lapis lazuli and crystal. The trees and flowers exude delicate fragrance and spices. All these numerous decorations and adornments make it the most beautiful land. In this wonderful land, there are no traffic accidents; all traffic moves smoothly. There are no quarrels or bickering; every one is well behaved. There is no private ownership; there is no need, given the perfect economic system. There are no crimes or victims, every one is absolutely safe and tries to live in peace and help each other. In this Pure- Land, the Amitabha Buddha guides the spiritual development of sentient beings, teaching them to receive his name with mindfulness. Every one in this Pure-Land is guaranteed to never recede from his/her practice. In this Land of ultimate Bliss, every one is respectful, compassionate, peaceful and joyful".
After going through these beautiful descriptions one feels that mod ern Managers have to learn from Amitabha Buddha's skilful managing and building capacity and power of accommodating from Avalokiteshwara. A modern Manager has to be equipped with Avalokiteshwara's power of accommodating peoples' needs. He/She has to establish effective measures to solve problems in modern organizations. One can learn enormous amount from Avalokiteshwara's dedication to "responding to whoever is desperate and whenever there is danger" and forever delivering sentient beings from the sea of suffering".
Buddhism strongly emphasizes a congenial relationship between an individual and the group.
In the course of time, Buddhism travelled to China and the management of the Chinese monastery relies on principles such as Self- commitment, Self- monitoring and Self-discipline. The goal is to create a congruous
Sangha community, so that the Dharma can dwell in this world permanently. The Chinese monastery thus places its management emphasis on shared responsibility and a harmonious group relationship. Chinese Buddhists such as the Chinese Master Bai Zhang, Guang Shan have added several principles of management to maintain Sangha community. They have added principles such as governing by virtue, equality in labour, shared responsibility, code of communal living, rules of proper conduct, no fixed association between disciples and masters, no private ownership of money or funds, mandatory relation of jobs and positions, promotion and performance evaluation system. Both of them, emphasized on shared vision and
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| SR No. | 007005 |
| Book Title | World of Philosophy |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave |
| Publisher | Shanti Prakashan |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 1002 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 30 MB |