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As humanity gets confronted in ever-greater abundance with global trends and concerns, interest in spiritual practices is also increasing. Some relate these spiritual practices to religious foundations, while others prefer to keep the two phenomena – religion and spirituality – separate. Regardless of one’s preferences, there has been an overall growing fascination with Eastern traditions, whereby Buddhism could be considered the most prominent. The influence of Buddhism has particularly risen in recent decades due to an increasingly fertile climate toward change (Marques 2010).
Buddhism: A Snapshot
Buddhism is, for many of its practitioners, not considered a religion, but more a philosophy or psychological stance. Yeshe (1998) phrased it this way:
When we study Buddhism, we are studying ourselves, the nature of our own minds. Instead of focusing on a supreme being, Buddhism emphasizes more practical matter,...
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Marques, J. (2019). Buddhism and Business Ethics. In: Poff, D., Michalos, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_550-1
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