“H-1B visa holders do not adversely affect US workers, according to new research. There is little reason to think doing so will help American workers, it said in its latest research. The National Foundation for American Policy said that the findings of its new research should give pause to policymakers considering imposing additional restrictions on the H-1B program. The study uses data from 2005 to 2018 to examine how the number of approved petitions to hire H-1B visa holders as a share of college graduates within each of 22 occupations affects the unemployment rate and earnings growth rate in those occupations.(HT Archive) The subject is more complicated than it appears, says the Venerable Robina Courtin, a Tibetan Buddhist nun, in this radio discussion on religious attitudes to disability.H-1B visa holders do not adversely affect US workers, a new research said on Tuesday, suggesting that the presence of the workforce holding such visas boosts employment among other workers in an occupation. Do Buddhists believe that disabled people are suffering for misdeeds in a past life? This view of the world can raise a particularly charged question. Buddhists gradually weaken any negative thoughts and impulses that they experience, through allowing them to arise and depart naturally without acting on them. Getting rid of karmic conditioningĪcting on karmic habits increases their strength. This shows why Buddhists place such importance on being mindful of every action they take. Both positive and negative traits can become magnified over time as we fall into habits. The Buddha taught about karmic 'conditioning', which is a process by which a person's nature is shaped by their moral actions.Įvery action we take molds our characters for the future. When prayer wheels are turned, the prayers written on them are sent out into the universe The purpose of Buddhism is to take conscious control of our behaviour. The problem is that most of us are ignorant of this, which causes suffering. The concept is more accurately understood as a natural law similar to gravity.īuddhists believe we are in control of our ultimate fates. Karma is not an external force, not a system of punishment or reward dealt out by a god. The opposite motives of greed, aversion (hatred) and delusion, when acted upon, lead to bad karmic results. Skilful actions that lead to good karmic outcomes are based upon motives of generosity compassion, kindness and sympathy, and clear mindfulness or wisdom. The word karma means 'action', and this indicates something important about the concept of karma: it is determined by our own actions, in particular by the motives behind intentional actions. These states, while preferable to human life, are impermanent: even gods eventually die. However, the aim of Buddhism is to escape the cycle of rebirth altogether, not simply to acquire good karma and so to be born into a more pleasant state. Bad karma can cause rebirth as an animal, or torment in a hell realm.īuddhists try to cultivate good karma and avoid bad. Good karma can result in being born in one of the heavenly realms. On a larger scale, karma determines where a person will be reborn and their status in their next life. He explained that this was karmic retribution for trying to kill his step-brother in a previous life. Although the attempt failed, the Buddha's foot was injured. One story tells that the Buddha's cousin tried to kill him by dropping a boulder on him. Bad actions in a previous life can follow a person into their next life and cause bad effects (which Westerners are more likely to interpret as 'bad luck').Įven an Enlightened One is not exempt from the effects of past karma. Beyond this lifeįor Buddhists, karma has implications beyond this life. Whilst there might be doubt, or different opinions, about why we are experiencing some sort of misfortune, there is no doubt that we can resolve any suffering in the present moment through the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and action based upon good motives. This is one point on which early Buddhism appears to differ somewhat from later Tibetan teachings, which suggest that all the good and bad things that happen to us are the results of past actions. Tibetan Buddhists use prayer wheels to spread good karma © Solely through our actions?Įarly Buddhist writings (particularly SN 36.21: see related links for an annotated translation) suggest that not all that we experience is the result of past action it may be due to natural events of one sort or another. Teachings about karma explain that our past actions affect us, either positively or negatively, and that our present actions will affect us in the future.īuddhism uses an agricultural metaphor to explain how sowing good or bad deeds will result in good or bad fruit (phala or vipāka, meaning 'ripening'). Karma is a concept encountered in several Eastern religions, although having different meanings.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |