Environmental thought in the 14th Dalai Lama

Tsujimura, Masahide

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ダライ・ラマ14世における環境思想 : 植物の位置づけを中心に

Abstract

There are various academic approaches to resolving global environmental issues and the study of the science of religion constitutes one such approach. This paper is situated among the various studies religions and ecology and focuses on the environmental thought of the 14th Dalai Lama as an example of a study of Buddhism and ecology, or a Buddhist approach to environmental issues. The Dalai Lama's environmental thought is characterized by non-violence toward all sentient beings. The issue, here, is whether plants and trees are included among sentient beings. In China and Japan, it is said that plants and trees can attain Buddhahood. In the Dalai Lama, however, plants and trees are not included among sentient beings, and therefore not among the direct objects of compassion. Therefore, their protection is based on the concept of interdependence.

Journal

宗教と倫理

宗教と倫理 12 77-98, 2012-10

宗教倫理学会

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CRID: 1050001335742465920

NII Article ID: 120004945148

ISSN: 13468219

HANDLE: 2433/161798

Text Lang: ja

Article Type: journal article

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