I think we could use a new tag, for people who ask on this site about (I'm not sure) the connection between their work and Buddhism -- especially, office-work or mental work.
Examples of questions include:
- Software programming/Art and Buddhist Practice - Pursuing creative activity
- Scientific Problem solving and Wu Wei
- Is Buddhism against scientific attitude?
- Can meditation help students in exams?
- How to be mindful while studying?
- Can meditation help me in my academics?
- How to reconcile non-attachment in a Type-A, North American culture where work is life?
A characteristic of these questions is that they're about lay pursuits.
A benefit of a tag would be that people who ask a question like this could also find previous answers to related topics.
- What would be a good title for new tag? Something to do with "mind", "mindfulness", or "meditation" perhaps (or, not, because these are lay and not traditionally Buddhist activities)? Something like "science" or "modern-world" (or, not, because "science" is too restrictive and excludes students, and "modern-world" is too inclusive of too many other topics)?
- As a bonus can you also suggest the "wiki text" (the description) associated with the new tag: which explains what topic[s] this new tag is or isn't used for?
In general I recommend we don't define a new tag that's only used for one question: a tag is useful to identify a group of related questions; especially when those questions don't necessarily all contain the same word (e.g. "science" or whatever), which a user can find using Search instead of using a tag.
worldly
orworldly-affairs
orworldly-pursuits
– Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena Mar 27 '17 at 14:11knowledge-worker
. – ChrisW♦ Apr 27 '17 at 15:23knowledge-worker
may seem a bit odd for this purpose? Say a person is going to ask a question about studies. It is unlikely they might search for this tag. Just my thinking. – Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena Apr 27 '17 at 22:52wordly
either. I expect I will be someone who might add a tag to existing questions if I notice them ... the point of the tag is so people (including me) can find similar topics after they're tagged. – ChrisW♦ Apr 27 '17 at 22:57student
might have been good (people might look for that tag) ... except that, on this site, "student" would imply "someone who's studying Buddhism": which isn't what I want this tag for. I want this tag for people/topics that ask how Buddhist practice might help or might hinder their lay knowledge-work or lay studying. – ChrisW♦ Apr 27 '17 at 23:00householder
?For question related to householder's affairs and pursuits which include work, studying, family matters, medical issues, etc.
. – Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena Apr 27 '17 at 23:03householder
(orlay
) would include for example Is it okay to seek financial gains as a layman? plus a huge variety of other topics (sexuality and ethics etc). I want a narrow tag for questions like "Will practicing meditation help my studies?" and "How can I be 'mindful' when I'm programming?" – ChrisW♦ Apr 27 '17 at 23:07meditation-daily-activities
– Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena Apr 28 '17 at 2:52buddhist-techniques-as-tools
comes to mind... – Gottfried Helms Apr 28 '17 at 6:43daily-job
perhaps? – Thiago Apr 28 '17 at 23:34meditation-daily-activities
, except that it's unusual to have a 3-word tag, and I'm not sure it's necessarily meditation (though it's neat to fit it into the spectrum of existing meditation-xxx tags)daily-activities
ordaily-job
may be enough. – ChrisW♦ Apr 28 '17 at 23:39