The Economy of Permanence: A Quest for a Social Order Based on Non-violence (स्थायी अर्थतन्त्र)

Economy of Permanence
effort in the obtaining of the product. They benefit by their own enterprise-
instinctive though it may be. They are active constructive units.
4. Economy of Gregation: Incidentally, it may be observed, that the honey
bees do not work for their own respective individual gains but for the
common benefit of the whole colony. Here is an extension from self-interest
to group-interest and from acting on the immediate urge of present needs to
planning for future requirements.
A honey bee collecting food, not for
itself, but for the whole colony
The mother bird feeding its young ones,
without expecting a reward
5. Economy of Service: The highest form of economy in nature is the economy
of service, This is the best seen in the relation between the young one and
the parent. The mother bird will scour the jungle to feed its young one and
risk its life in defending the young from its enemies. It functions neither for
its present need nor for its personal future requirement, but projects its
activities into the next generation, or generations to come, without looking
for any reward. Because of its mother love, it contributes disinterestedly,
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