..續本文上一頁ions and conflicts in the world should be resolved as the support conditions for harmonious society. To keep the equality and dignity of the society, to maintain the peaceful relation between different races are also the conditions for a harmonious society. Everyone has his own rights in personality, faith and languages. It is necessary for constructing a harmonious society to pay attention on hot issues in different areas and resolve the conflicts between them.

　　二、 Buddhist environment protection begins in minds

　　The main topic in Buddhism is the theory about mind. It has its different persity forms in India, China and the area of Tibet. From the main topic, Buddhism develops its whole academic system to preach his disciples to practice Buddhism, to teach its disciples maintain the universal regulations of the society, to protect the harmony atmosphere in the world. On the topic of environment protection, the Buddhism thinks it is also derived from the purified mind.

　　1、The conception of Buddhist environment protection begins from the mind of “oneness of life and its environment”

　　Based on the conception of endlessness time and space, Buddhism gives its opinion on the universe, oneness of life and its environment. The two different parts, life and its environment, are not contradictory. One can not exist without the other. The environment exists for the life to live, and lives live only in the environment. We can treat them as two separate objects in our recognition theories, but we can not get the correct understanding when we deal with one and ignore the other. The definition of any one of them should be changed with the change of the other. So, the conception of “oneness of life and its environment” in Buddhism is a truth. Based on the truth, Buddhism explores the origination of life and its developing progress, it find the basic doctrine on the origination of the life--dependent origination.

　　2、 The conception of Buddhist environment protection starts from the mind of “all beings are equality”.

　　Buddhism thinks all the beings, even like the plants, are equality. They respect the superiority of human beings, and they also thinks the other beings like plants, animals, etc. should be given the same opportunities for their lives. As the conception of dependent origination tells us, human beings should be the kindness protector to other beings. They should love animals and protect plants. If the Buddhist conception of equality could be accepted by human being, it could play profound influence on sustaining the balance of the bio environment in the world.

　　3、The conception of Buddhist environment protection starts from the karma mind

　　Having known thoroughly about the phenomena and regulations of the world, Buddhism analyses the cause and effect in depth and accurately with the law of universal relations. It dedicates the motivation of good or evil actions to human”s mind. Single mind brings inpidual”s action, good or evil. So, it is important for one to purify his mind. But it is not enough, Buddhism encourages the whole human beings should have purified mind to do more good thing to the world. For, if one concentrates on his interests, it could not bring the progress of the society. Buddhism takes it as its supreme ideal that to save all the beings in the world with its boundless compassion. It is think that to teach human beings to practice boundless compassion and great pity for the world is the responsibility of Buddhism.

　　4、The conception of Buddhist environment protection starts from the pity mind of mutual-relation.

　　Human beings, no matter in ancient or in modern society, are all the products of the nature world. They have to practice the action obey the law of the nature. Any cultivated society can not stand without the basic…

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