Buddhist Attitude Towards Sustainable Development
Gyan Prakash
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad-826004, India (India)
Abstract
Religion plays a significant role in Human Action. Buddhism is one of the most important religions of India. There is an argument that, Buddha places emphasis upon a logical understanding of the cause of human suffering. He explains ignorance as the root link in the causal chain and, thus, shows the way towards Nirvana. Human suffering is not due to the devaluation of nature. It is due to the pain that is associated with the cycle of birth and rebirth. Hence, Buddhist philosophy is dysteleological in its nature. That’s why it is hard to discuss sustainable development within the framework of Buddhist philosophy. In this paper, I have argued that Buddhist philosophy places a substantial emphasis upon sentient as well as non-sentient beings. Essentially, as per the Buddhist concept of Buddha-nature, I have argued that Buddha-nature is present in all sentient and non-sentient beings.
Keywords:
Buddhist Philosophy, Sustainable development, Buddha-nature, RebirthReferences
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Gyan PrakashDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad-826004, India India
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