There are poor countries in the world today. The Lord Buddha taught us that the poverty grows or spreads among people when the rulers or the government of these countries do not help poor citizens providing means such as food, money, and land to live their lives. If there are poor people in a country, the government treasury of that country and also the other rich countries should come forth and facilitate those people. They should be helped finding jobs and making their future stable by following the ways that Buddha has shown us. I will explain you those ways of development shown in Buddhism.

Lord Buddha in one of his teachings known as the ‘Vyaghghapajja Sutta’, he taught us a number of qualities that one needs to build within him to help fighting poverty. If someone earns money from a job related to agriculture, business, government, or any other type, then that person has to cultivate four qualities in order to become prosperous. Those are:

  1. Effort (Utthana Sampada):- One should build the ability to work hard and skillfully overcoming any laziness tactfully. Also, the person should be capable of organizing the work efficiently. This is the effort.
  2. Protection (Aarakkha Sampada):- The money one earned by working hard needs to be protected without letting it destroyed from natural disasters such as fire, wind, floods, and landslides and from being confiscated.
  3. Noble friendship (Kalyhanhamittata):- A Noble friend has excellent characteristics such as being pleased about Lord Buddha, virtuous, fond of giving, and association with wise friends. When someone has such a friendship, that person will also become rich with the same qualities.
  4. Living according to what you earn or have (Samajevikata):- That is living a life by only spending money matched to what is being earned. One should not spend money carelessly, but at the same time should not be greedy. One needs to be comfortably live spending money according to that person’s wealth.

After improving these qualities, one should also close the four doorways of destruction. Those four destructive doorways are:

  1. Passion towards women.
  2. Thirst towards liquor.
  3. Eagerness towards gambling.
  4. Longing of low-quality friendships.

One who lives a life according to these teachings of Buddha will definitely see a prospered life in a little period of time. This is how prosperity can be achieved through Buddhism. Try this method by yourself, and you will also witness the wisdom of Buddha.