PJ’s Vision 2030

This is more to remind myself, than anything else, but the vision that I have in mind is the following.

The problem I’m trying to address, is a gap.

To dedicate your life to living as per the Dhamma, you pretty much have to ordain as a monastic. Sure, you can still live as a layperson dedicated to the principles of the Dhamma; but right now, there is still very little that is along the lines of the Sangha Vinaya, which helps to reinforce the practice of the Eightfold Path.

The danger as a layperson is that the five-sense world has a lot of distractions, and is not conducive to furthering the practice.

So the idea I have, is to create a non-profit that serves as a vehicle to promote Dhammic principles and practices: the Dhamma is for free and not for sale. And this goes beyond mindfulness alone, to focusing on the broader Eightfold Path.

To sustain this, the non-profit will then be supported by for-profit entities, which (tentatively) will focus on generating profits in an ethical sustainable way in the domains of

• birth
• ageing
• illness
• death
• work (since, I think there is a lot of suffering there!)

Think of this vision as a Patagonia Works (but for the Dhamma, and definitely no fishing!) or a Mozilla Foundation+Corporation group.

So in this way, this will eventually be my Dhamma vehicle: something that supports my journey on the Eightfold Path, allowing me to live a life according to the principles laid down by the Buddha, in a way more focused than a typical layperson life but still respectful of the monastic Sangha.