{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-buddhism-volume-iv","title":"Encyclopedia of Buddhism:   (Volume IV)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: M G Chitkara\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: APH Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8176481831\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, part of a 21-volume series, stresses that the  planet is the home of all living beings. Every being has right to live and letothers live. Man will survive as long as the Earth survives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is only one world to live in and if we pollute and ruin, it, then there may not be any of the worlds. The clear message is that we have to keep our earth clean and pollution free. Such is the unwritten moral code of Buddhism. We can never escape from the consequences of our good or evil deeds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither in the sky nor in the midst of the sea.\u003cbr\u003eNor by entering into the clefts of \u003cbr\u003eMountains is there known a place on earth\u003cbr\u003eWhere stationing himself, A man can escape from\u003cbr\u003e(The consequences of) his evil deed.- Dhammapada verse (127)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe word environment is of broad spectrum, which brings within its ambit hygienic atmosphere and ecological balance, it is therefore, not only the duty of the state but also the duty of every citizen to maintain hygienic environment. Hygienic environment is an integral facet of right to healthy life and it would be impossible to live with human dignity without a humane and healthy environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental protection has now become a matter of grave concern for human existence in which humanity and nature can live together in harmony. The Buddhist attitude is one contentment, and there may be some connection with our attitude towards the environment. Bhddhists believe not to indiscriminately consume. They put a limit on their consumption. They admire simple living and individual responsibility. They considered themselves as part of environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAncient scriptures speak of the container and the contained. The world is the container our house – and we are the contained – the contents of the container. From these simple facts we deduce a special relationship, because without the container, the contents cannot be contained. Without the contents, the container contains nothing, it’ meaningless. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut everything has its limit. Too much consumption or effort to make money is no good. Neither is too much contentment. In principles, contentment is a goal, but pure contentment becomes almost like suicide. Destruction of nature and natural resources results from ignorance, greed, and lack of respect for the earth’s living things. This lack of respect extends even to the earth’s human descendants the future generations who will inherit a vastly degraded planet if world peace does not become a reality and if destruction of the natural environment continues at the present rate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eBuddhist Concept of Environment \u003cbr\u003eEarth: A Common Heritage\u003cbr\u003eTrusteeship is Humanism Par Excellence\u003cbr\u003eTrusteeship Heritage\u003cbr\u003eDalit, The Oppressed and Earth\u003cbr\u003eEco System in its Equilibrium \u003cbr\u003eEco Friendly System\u003cbr\u003eHarmony with Nature \u003cbr\u003eNature and Nomadic life\u003cbr\u003eEquilibrium in Nature\u003cbr\u003eNature Our Mother \u003cbr\u003eSafety Valve to Impending ecocide \u003cbr\u003eConcept in legends and Folklore \u003cbr\u003eWildlife conservation \u003cbr\u003eConcept of Bodhi Tree and  Forestation \u003cbr\u003eBe Natural \u003cbr\u003eMan, Environment \u0026amp; Global Concerns \u003cbr\u003eHuman Rights and Environment]\u003cbr\u003eEnvironment, Human Rights and Tibet\u003cbr\u003eReincarnation Theory\u003cbr\u003eDesire: The Seed of Mind\u003cbr\u003ePopulation Poverty and Environment\u003cbr\u003eCold War Legacy\u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental catastrophe\u003cbr\u003eDilution: No Solution to Pollution \u003cbr\u003ePanchsheel and Environment\u003cbr\u003eConsumerism: Lead to Environmental Degradation\u003cbr\u003eEco-tourism is Eco-development \u003cbr\u003eSustainable Development\u003cbr\u003eVision for Sustainable Water Future\u003cbr\u003eContentment Not consumerism\u003cbr\u003eVasudhiv Kutumbbkum and Environment\u003cbr\u003eInterdependence: Fundamental Law of Nature\u003cbr\u003eBring Child Face to Face with his Divinity\u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental education: Some Reflections\u003cbr\u003eLoving Life and Fearing death\u003cbr\u003eExcel Excellence with Indian Ethos \u003cbr\u003eAppraisal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Wheel of Life and the Noosphere \u003cbr\u003eEnvironment\u003cbr\u003ePrayer (Ecological Responsibility)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"M G Chitkara \/ APH Publishing Corporation \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153526780272,"sku":"7067","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/7067.jpg?v=1793910709","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/encyclopedia-of-buddhism-volume-iv","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}