Re: Does Hinduism justify providing a living wage?
Originally Posted by
faze2
The living wage, or a wage that allows one to live their basic life, is a policy that is being implemented in many regions. The Pope has recently declared that the living wage is supported by the Christian religion. Would Hinduism support the living wage?
Namaste faze,
Dharmically speaking, a Hindu household is under obligation to never return a beggar - it could be a sadhu - empty handed. This tradition is still followed in India. I think India has - since time immemorial - the largest number of such individuals who lived on begging door to door. All great sages, acharya-s of Hinduism are known to have adopted this life-style.
As a state structure and policy, well, it depends on times and place. Historically, the major power centres in India vacillated between socialist and capitalist norms. Even Lord Vishnu's incarnations - Sri Ram and Sri Krishna - favoured one of the two during their own rules, in order. Mortals have only followed suite.
Things to remember:
1. Life = yajña
2. Depth of Āstika knowledge is directly proportional
to the richness of Sanskrit it is written in
3. Āstika = Bhārata ("east") / Ārya ("west")
4. Varṇa = tripartite division of Vedic polity
5. r = c. x²
where,
r = realisation
constant c = intelligence
variable x = bhakti
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