I am still going over the next batch of videos - I did not select any of these, just going through them.
I think I did not have a very good understanding of Karma. There is actually a real difference between Karma as defined by Bouddhism, compared to other philosophical/spritual use of Karma. The Bouddhist approach seems to me to have a more "common-sense" and logical approach.
*** local culture :
I can really say that Far East and South East Asians do really deserve respect and admiration. It is clear that the values and attitudes promoted by Boudhism forms the core of their culture.
I would say I have always had a kind of positive views of people from the Far East and South East Asia. But I assumed, these were kind of "pre-selected" via immigration. Aka, we were mostly getting the best of the Far East and South East Asia, and so this is why by their own attitude and values, they always deserved respect. But to see that their attitudes and mindset is actually a cultural thing - not just a small group - is very remarkable.
It looks like each Far East and South East Asian advertise positively these admirable core values.
*** economics : labour market
It is also very interesting, to see a country with full employment ( unemployment rate of around 3% !!!!). I can't help contrasting this to EU countries rate running at 2 digits, with some pockets having more than 50% unemployment rate.
But observing here, for each industry, all sizes of business
are represented. For instance, for the catering business, from street "restaurant" , to more formal restaurants...
It looks like in Western countries, business competition is actually being limited by increasing the capital cost of entry for brick and mortars businesses. Basically, one can not just put some tables and chairs out, and with a cooker start a 24hrs "open-air" restaurant.
I think I did not have a very good understanding of Karma. There is actually a real difference between Karma as defined by Bouddhism, compared to other philosophical/spritual use of Karma. The Bouddhist approach seems to me to have a more "common-sense" and logical approach.
*** local culture :
I can really say that Far East and South East Asians do really deserve respect and admiration. It is clear that the values and attitudes promoted by Boudhism forms the core of their culture.
I would say I have always had a kind of positive views of people from the Far East and South East Asia. But I assumed, these were kind of "pre-selected" via immigration. Aka, we were mostly getting the best of the Far East and South East Asia, and so this is why by their own attitude and values, they always deserved respect. But to see that their attitudes and mindset is actually a cultural thing - not just a small group - is very remarkable.
It looks like each Far East and South East Asian advertise positively these admirable core values.
*** economics : labour market
It is also very interesting, to see a country with full employment ( unemployment rate of around 3% !!!!). I can't help contrasting this to EU countries rate running at 2 digits, with some pockets having more than 50% unemployment rate.
But observing here, for each industry, all sizes of business
are represented. For instance, for the catering business, from street "restaurant" , to more formal restaurants...
It looks like in Western countries, business competition is actually being limited by increasing the capital cost of entry for brick and mortars businesses. Basically, one can not just put some tables and chairs out, and with a cooker start a 24hrs "open-air" restaurant.
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