Contemporary Applications of Buddhist Idealistic Thought and Ethics: A Critical Assessment

Abstract

In a perfect society, Buddhist ethics would uphold the Buddha's teachings of harmony and peace. Unfortunately, greed, hatred, and illusion are what drive humans, including Buddhists. expansion of technology, language, and communication; misunderstandings of Buddhism; lack of institutions for academic and practical study; shift in human thought patterns from ethical to ones that are continually based on dominance, power, and authority. As a result, problems with mental stress, physical health, housing, and peace and harmony are all on the rise. Many people are driven by money and use it to improve their life. Buddhism has undergone reconstruction and reformulation with a focus on reason, meditation, and harmony with contemporary body and mind sciences. Buddhist practises are detraditionalized in the modernistic presentations because they are frequently presented in a way that obscures how they were created historically. Buddhism must be modified while yet preserving its core principles in order to meet modern difficulties. Buddhist views on the modern world should be positive and enthusiastic rather than looking for the negative effects of technology. Hiriyanna said, "When we call the teaching of the Buddha pessimistic, it must not be understood as a creed of hopelessness." It does not guarantee happiness on Earth or in a world to come, as some other systems claim. The potential of immediate peace is acknowledged, nevertheless, in which case man would no longer be the object of pain but its survivor.