Transcript Right Livelihood Business

Right Livelihood Business
Right Livelihood:
Earning money in a way that
follows Buddhist principles
What makes a successful
business?
What things does a successful
business do?
• You are bidding against other teams for a grant to start a
business; the money is coming from a Buddhist
organisation and so you need a good idea based on ‘right
livelihood’ principles, as well as other Buddhist and
business ideas.
• You need to put together a presentation about your
proposed business, which you will present to the judging
panel. Your presentation should last for 5 minutes.
• The Chair of the judging panel will ask individuals from
each team questions about the proposal, so you all need
to be fully prepared. The questions will include:
– Tell me about a Buddhist teaching that your business tries to follow
(different group members will be asked about different teachings).
– Tell me how the business does this.
– Tell me what you think is good about the way a Buddhist business is run.
– Tell me what you think might be difficult about the way a Buddhist
business is run.
– Tell me what would be good about working for your business.
– Tell me whether you think that the people involved in your business would
be happy about the way your business is run.
• You should think about these questions in your groups,
but not prepare answers to read out.
8M Groups:
Group 1
Ali
Jade S-J
Katie
Sophie
Group 2
Angus
Emma
Luna
Group 3
Beth
Bradley
Katrina
Group 5
Edward
Jeremy
Louise
Group 6
Flo
Jonathan
Jess G-H
Sam
Group 7
Jade B
Jess A
Luke
Matt
Group 4
Callum
Clarissa
Mia
Owen
8O Groups:
Group 1
AJ
Jay
Maria
Riya
Group 2
Alex
George
Lucas
Vicky
Group 3
Caitlin
Jack J
Liam
Shannon
Group 5
Charlie
Jess
Molly
Sam
Group 6
Conor
Lewis
Mark
Group 7
Coral
Daisy
Rob
Wenjie
Group 4
Cecilia
Hannah
Jack A
Nathan
8T Groups:
Group 1
Aaron
Izzy
Lauren
Nathan
Group 2
Alex
Crystal
Kate
Liam
Group 3
Amy
Harry
Lucy
Olly
Tyler
Group 5
Billy
Ed
Hannah
Saskia
Group 6
Carla
Jacob
Matt
Steffi
Vicky
Group 7
Connor
Ella
Molly
Sam
Group 4
Angus
Holly
Krishan
Shaunagh
Things you could prepare…
• A PowerPoint
• A booklet saying what your business
will do
• A video showing your business
• Props to show your business
• Anything else you can think of…!
Buddhist Teachings:
• The three universal truths:
Life involves suffering, everything changes, there is no
permanent you
• The four noble truths :
Suffering can be stopped by following the eightfold path, which
stops craving
• The eightfold path:
right vision, right intention, right speech, right action, right
livelihood, right effort, right awareness, right meditation
• The five precepts:
to abstain from harming another living thing,
to abstain from taking the not given,
to abstain from false speech,
to abstain from sexual misconduct,
to abstain from intoxicants
3
join in the presentation
use some key words
4
make a good contribution to the presentation
use some key words
describe some Buddhist teachings
state your own opinion about whether you would like to run a Buddhist
business
5
make a very good contribution to the presentation
use lots of key words
explain some Buddhist teachings and say how your business would follow them
explain your own opinion about whether you would like to run a Buddhist
business
6
do all the elements of level 5 in detail (using examples)
analyse and evaluate the difficulties your business might face
7
do all the elements of level 6 in detail (using examples)
think about how different people might react to or be affected by your
business. Would the business work in real life?