user1015: I am a business woman and my job is stressful. It is entirely motivated by greed. I want to leave my career but I have a dream to help poor people in my country and also to make my parents proud of me.
Could anyone please tell me what kind of career is compatible with Buddhism?

user111: You can pick anything other than what is forbidden under Samma Ajiva of the Noble Eightfold Path.
Here are few options:

Teacher/Principal
Doctor/Nurse
Farmer
Engineer(Civil/Mechanical/Software etc.) 
Architect
Librarian
Accountant
Seemstress
Baker
Babysitter


user4748: Within the Noble Eightfold Path is a thorough description of what qualifies as an acceptable career for a Buddhist. Also in this teaching are some examples of such a career. See right livelihood for a basic idea; you can use this as a framework for judging potential career choices in the future!

user2265: Potentially, any job that doesn't violate the precepts is Right Livelihood.
The actuality of it though is that if you want to practice vipassana, the heart of the Buddhist practices, it is better to do a job that does not have consideration of profit/loss and does not have too much thinking/abstraction involved (slow manual labor is fine for developing vipassana and samatha through daily life).
Your question though I believe is aimed more towards not vipassana cultivation, nor the "potential" of any job but ... what job is most stress-free?
And for that, the answer is "it depends."
It depends on the person and their character, inclinations, and tendencies.
I would look at what you like to do in your free time and consider what jobs pay you to do that?
For some people, due to their natural inclinations and habits, they may enjoy a jack-of-all-trades job, and would be able to squeeze in some meditaiton practice along with it.
For others, that are not so chronically intellectual, they may look for a job within a wide range of choices including: grocery bagging, greeting, sign-waving, farming, etc.
It really depends on the person and there is no high or low.
All that matters is that you enjoy life without harm and gain some lasting benefit from it, especially in the form of mindfulness practice.

user43: In my opinion and experience, a job of a manager or executive/director is pretty compatible with Buddhism. If you apply all teachings of Buddha to managing people, you can be both very successful and help people under you grow.

1015: <p>I am a business woman and my job is stressful. It is entirely motivated by greed. I want to leave my career but I have a dream to help poor people in my country and also to make my parents proud of me.
Could anyone please tell me what kind of career is compatible with Buddhism?</p>
 111: <p>You can pick anything other than what is forbidden under <a href="http://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/samma-ajiva/index.html" rel="nofollow">Samma Ajiva</a> of the Noble Eightfold Path.</p>

<p>Here are few options:</p>

<ol>
<li>Teacher/Principal</li>
<li>Doctor/Nurse</li>
<li>Farmer</li>
<li>Engineer(Civil/Mechanical/Software etc.) </li>
<li>Architect</li>
<li>Librarian</li>
<li>Accountant</li>
<li>Seemstress</li>
<li>Baker</li>
<li>Babysitter</li>
</ol>
 4748: <p>Within the Noble Eightfold Path is a thorough description of what qualifies as an acceptable career for a Buddhist. Also in this teaching are some examples of such a career. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path#Right_livelihood" rel="nofollow noreferrer">right livelihood</a> for a basic idea; you can use this as a framework for judging potential career choices in the future!</p>
 2265: <p>Potentially, any job that doesn't violate the precepts is Right Livelihood.</p>

<p>The actuality of it though is that <strong>if you want to practice vipassana</strong>, the heart of the Buddhist practices, <strong>it is better to do a job that does not have consideration of profit/loss</strong> and does not have too much thinking/abstraction involved (slow manual labor is fine for developing vipassana and samatha through daily life).</p>

<p>Your question though I believe is aimed more towards not vipassana cultivation, nor the "potential" of any job but ... what job is most stress-free?</p>

<p>And for that, the answer is "it depends."</p>

<p>It depends on the person and their character, inclinations, and tendencies.
I would look at what you like to do in your free time and consider what jobs pay you to do that?</p>

<p>For some people, due to their natural inclinations and habits, they may enjoy a jack-of-all-trades job, and would be able to squeeze in some meditaiton practice along with it.
For others, that are not so chronically intellectual, they may look for a job within a wide range of choices including: grocery bagging, greeting, sign-waving, farming, etc.</p>

<p>It really depends on the person and there is no high or low.</p>

<p>All that matters is that you enjoy life without harm and gain some lasting benefit from it, especially in the form of mindfulness practice.</p>
 43: <p>In my opinion and experience, a job of a manager or executive/director is pretty compatible with Buddhism. If you apply all teachings of Buddha to managing people, you can be both very successful and help people under you grow.</p>
