g deep to confirm that such a positive view was well justified. Furthermore, Buddha would never become enamored with a stock and hold on to a stock if it lost 25% of its value, convinced that it would come back. Instead Buddha, due to his credo of non-attachment to material things, would setI’ve seen many articles, even books written about the topic “What if Buddha Dated?”, so I decided to write one called “What if Buddha Invested?” Given the non-attachment to materialism that Buddhism preaches, it may be strange to think that Buddhist principles can lead to better principles of wealth building, but selflessness and a detachment from the emotional aspect of building wealth, particularly the emotion of greed, can markedly improve one’s ability to build wealth.

If Buddha Was a Stock Picker

Approaching relationships with a Buddhist mentality, one would not enter a relationship by assigning false hopes or characteristics of glowing positivity to a potential partner that one was just getting to know. Furthermore, one would not become excessively attached to your partner, feeling a compulsive need to call or text message him or her every single hour of the waking day. If Buddha invested, he would also apply these same principles to choosing stocks. He would not assign numerous positive qualities to a stock from a single glowing TV report or newspaper article without truly digging deep to confirm that such a positive view was well justified. Furthermore, Buddha would never become enamored with a stock and hold on to a stock if it lost 25% of its value, convinced that it would come back. Instead Buddha, due to his credo of non-attachment to material things, would set

an lead to better principles of wealth building, but selflessness and a detachment from the emotional aspect of building wealth, particularly the emotion of greed, can markedly improve one’s ability to build wealth.

If Buddha Was a Stock Picker

Approaching relationships with a Buddhist mentality, one would not enter a relationship by assigning false hopes or characteristics of glowing positivity to a potential partner that one was just getting to know. Furthermore, one would not become excessively attached to your partner, feeling a compulsive need to call or text message him or her every single hour of the waking day. If Buddha invested, he would also apply these same principles to choosing stocks. He would not assign numerous positive qualities to a stock from a single glowing TV report or newspaper article without truly digging deep to confirm that such a positive view was well justified. Furthermore, Buddha would never become enamored with a stock and hold on to a stock if it lost 25% of its value, convinced that it would come back. Instead Buddha, due to his credo of non-attachment to material things, would set

elationships with a Buddhist mentality, one would not enter a relationship by assigning false hopes or characteristics of glowing positivity to a potential partner that one was just getting to know. Furthermore, one would not become excessively attached to your partner, feeling a compulsive need to call or text message him or her every single hour of the waking day. If Buddha invested, he would also apply these same principles to choosing stocks. He would not assign numerous positive qualities to a stock from a single glowing TV report or newspaper article without truly digging deep to confirm that such a positive view was well justified. Furthermore, Buddha would never become enamored with a stock and hold on to a stock if it lost 25% of its value, convinced that it would come back. Instead Buddha, due to his credo of non-attachment to material things, would set need to call or text message him or her every single hour of the waking day. If Buddha invested, he would also apply these same principles to choosing stocks. He would not assign numerous positive qualities to a stock from a single glowing TV report or newspaper article without truly digging deep to confirm that such a positive view was well justified. Furthermore, Buddha would never become enamored with a stock and hold on to a stock if it lost 25% of its value, convinced that it would come back. Instead Buddha, due to his credo of non-attachment to material things, would setg deep to confirm that such a positive view was well justified. Furthermore, Buddha would never become enamored with a stock and hold on to a stock if it lost 25% of its value, convinced that it would come back. Instead Buddha, due to his credo of non-attachment to material things, would set the stock free and let it go once it had reached a certain stop-loss limit.

If Buddha Searched for a Financial Consultant

The Dalai Lama says, "If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others." In martial arts, my first instructor, Sensei Dukes, told me that he could teach me to lose all fear, even fear of dying. He told me that all fear was rooted in ego, and that if you learn to let go of ego, all fear disappears. In relationships, all jealousy originates from ego. On the other hand, happiness originates out of selflessness. If Buddha were to invest and turn his money over to a financial consultant, Buddha no doubt would eliminate all persons that he even suspected of suffering from the vice of greed. If Buddha suspected that a consultant would fully invest all of his money when dollar cost averaging into the market would make more sense due to uncertain market conditions, Buddha would eliminate this person from consideration.

If Buddha heard a financial consultant brag about himself or herself as the best, the smartest, the one that manages the most money in his or her office, he would eliminate this p