The focus of modern technocratic societies on material means for well being tends to ignore the significance of motivation: What sort of motive force drives the social policies and development strategies of our societies, and how does that affect the outcome of our endeavors to establish social stability and well-being? This paper will draw upon teachings from the Ornament of the Mahayana Scriptures (Mahayana-sutra-alamkara, ascribed to Maitreya circa the fourth century CE), teachings that focus on the motive power of boundless love and what happens where it is lacking. I will try to apply insights from that text to contemporary problems of social fragmentation and violence.
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Love and Compassion as Protection: Buddhist Sayings and Stories 26 Without Love and Compassion, No Protection: The Ornament for Mahayana Scriptures 28 Notes 36
