that society had an important role to play in providing the entire society with those goods and services required for the sustaining of the society. Each person in the society of pre-1970 Ladakh, thus, was provided with the means to develop a personal identity through providing an essential contribution to the society (Norberg-Hodge 1).
Schumacher praised the Buddhist approach to work. This approach to work, according to Schumacher, provide a person with an opportunity to develop and to use the potentialities of biology, physiology, and psychology to transcend the ego-centric approach to life; and to join the wider local community in common enterprise. He stated that this approach to work provides the goods and services need for sustenance, and does so through the use of local resources. This approach to work, according to Schumacher, also provides a basis for a realization of individual self worth. This approach to the concept of work was integral to the society of pre-1970 Ladakh (Norberg-Hodge 2).
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