A Study of Environmental Protection with Special Reference to Vinaya Rules · SBAM Repository

Title: A Study of Environmental Protection with Special Reference to Vinaya Rules
Author: Ashin Ariya
Type: Dissertation
Format: PDF
Language: English
Subject: Buddhist Studies
Date: 2019
Place: Mandalay
Publisher: Sitagu Buddhist Academy Mandalay
Rights Holder: Sitagu Buddhist Academy Mandalay
Abstract: According to the natural law, action (kamma), consciousness (citta), climate (utu), and nutrition (Ᾱhāra) support to live for living beings. Of them, if anyone is weak or reduces, the others will not be balanced sooner or later. These things cannot be created by anyone. In accordance with the Nature, all of these things are going to cease themselves. In this case, there is the Buddha’s Teachings, “Sabbe sankhārā aniccā, sabbe sankhārā dukkhā, sabbe dhammā anattā, yadā pyaññāya passati, atha nibindati dukkhe esa maggo visuddhiyā,” everything in the whole universe is going to disappear one day. This is the nature. Although they are destroyed or ceased themselves, human beings are responsible for maintaining. Because everyone depends on this earth or nature. To maintain and to be last long, all have responsibility. Whosoever it is, Buddhist, Christian, Islam, Hindu, Myanmar, China or American, all are responsible for saving or maintaining the earth or the nature. How should the environment be maintained and saved? The environment should be maintained and saved by the ways of using R3 (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle). The world’s climate is getting worse and worse. This happens because of humans’ creations or inventions in science field. Every country encounters the climate changing, natural disasters, flood, deforestation so on and so forth. The best way to solve these problems is that everyone has to be aware of the climate situation and all have to participate to be clean the environment.

KEYWORDS: Nature, environment, natural disaster, flood, climate

Item sets: SBAM MA Dissertation - 2017