INEB is committed to positive social change and sustainability through using “right livelihood” approaches directly aimed at reducing greed from commercial consumerism, while simultaneously increasing awareness about the interconnected and interdependent nature of all relationships on Earth. One approach to increasing the awareness of interdependence can be built on developing meditative awareness. As the Buddha adapted his teachings to the audience, so INEB needs to develop a secular language and a secular curriculum to transmit interdependence.
The approach INEB has designed reflects the sustainability, balance and harmony inherent in Buddhism’s Middle Path that incorporates the following steps:
In this 1997 lecture, Dr. Arthur Zajonc, former President of the Mind and Life Institute, poetically addresses the future of technology through the lens of history while highlighting the importance of Buddhist principles for developing critical awareness of its world-changing power.
