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Title: Environmental problems and Buddhist ethics : from the perspective of the consciousness-only doctrine
Language of title: English
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Author/Creator: Shuichi Yamamoto

Description: The Buddhist concept of Mind-Only or Consciousness-Only provides a dynamic model of mental functioning wherein everything that appears to the individual ultimately arises from the mind or, in Sanskrit, the ālayavijñāna (a technical term sometimes translated as the "storehouse consciousness" or the "mind-basis-basis-of-all"). These appearances which arise out of this mind constitute all experiences of the individual. Even though appearances are no more than mind (i.e. only mind, mind/consciousness-only), they are grasped upon as though they were substantial and external. The idea of Consciousness-Only has implications for Buddhist views of nature and the environment. The author discusses the role of the mind (specifically the ālayavijñāna) in the creation of environmental problems and its role in developing a sense of responsibility for the environment. Through the training and cultivation of the mind paired with acting according to Buddhist ethics, we can approach solutions to environmental problems at their source. (Zach Rowinski 2005-01-02)
Publisher Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Normalized publisher place: New York, NY
Publisher country: United States
Publisher URL: http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/kluwer_academic_plenum_publish.html
Published Date: 2003
Subject: Science
Buddhist philosophy
Environment
Technology
Storehouse consciousness
Mind-basis-of-all (kun gzhi rnam par shes pa, ālayavijñāna)
Mind-Only (sems tsam, cittamātra)
Environmental ethics
Classification: Buddhism and Science -- International Science -- Psychology
Buddhism and Science -- Related Humanities -- Ethics -- Environmental Ethics
Cultural Coverage: Japan
Euro-American
Temporal coverage: 21st century CE
Language: English
Series Title: International and cultural psychology series
Series editor: Anthony J. Marsella
Series 2 editor:
Source URL: http://isbndb.com/d/book/psychology_and_buddhism.html"
Source: Psychology and Buddhism : From individual to global community
Source Editor: Kathleen H Dockett
G Rita Dudley-Grant
C Peter Bankart
Source Type: Collected Volume (single author)
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Source Number:
Source Page Numbers: 239-257
ISBN/ISSN: 0306474123

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Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Resource Type: Chapter (multi-author book)
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2005-03-21 13:03:31
Date Record Checked: 2005-03-22
Date Last Modified: 2006-05-15 16:48:48
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