Dimensions Of Marxist Ecological Philosophy Buddhism Interpretation

As one of the three major religions in the world, Buddhism is popular in many Asiancountries. Buddhism is about the teachings of Buddha, rather than worship of God. Itemphasizes the pursuit of personal enlightenment. The primary teachings of Buddhisminclude Dependent Origination, the Three Seals, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path,the Twelve Links, Karma, the Six Realms, Thirty-seven Factors of Enlightenment, Nirvana,and Tantrum. On the basis of Dependent Origination is the Buddhist ecological viewpoint,a unique theory about the relationship between human and nature. Dependent Originationbelieves that no beings or phenomena exist independently; all beings and phenomena arecaused to exist by other beings and phenomena. Dependent Origination relates to thedoctrine of Anatman. According to this doctrine, there is no "self" in the sense of apermanent, integral, autonomous being within an individual existence. In other words,Buddhism denies the independent entity of all beings including humans and the superiorityaccompanying this independent statement, thus criticizing egocentrism in all sense.The basic idea of Buddhist ecological viewpoint is that non-sentient beings containBuddha-nature and humans should cherish nature. The overarching principle ofthe Buddhist view of life is that all beings are equal and all phenomena are in the constantstate of flux. The Buddhist view of nature and view of life share some similarities with theMarxist ecological philosophy, and also have their own peculiarities. Marxism believesthat the view of nature is human’s view, therefore the study of the view of nature should bemade from the subjective point of view of humankind. The Buddhist belief thatnon-sentient beings contain Buddha-nature and humans should cherish nature, this isconsistent with the Marxist ecological philosophy’s recognition of the value of nature.Marxism holds that life is the prerequisite and foundation of its view of life.Buddhism explains life by virtue of Dependent Origination, which is in line with Marx’sview that all things are interdependent and interconnected. Marx’s view of life holds thatlife is a combination of its natural attributes and social attributes, a view that can befound in Buddhism. The Marxist ecological philosophical view that humans should carefor life and protect animals is also supported by the Buddhist view of life.The Buddhist ecological ethics believes that man is a part of nature and a part of the natural evolution; mankind do not exist independently, but in connection to other beings; all things are equal, and humans must respect nature; and men must be conscientious in good morals and devote themselves to ecological protection. From theperspective of Marxist ecological philosophy, ecological ethics is the study of humanethics in relation to ecology. It requires that while human care about and pursue their own rights of survival and development, they should respect these rights of otherspecies in nature; and in their efforts to enhance production, create wealth and improve spiritual civilization, humans should adopt a fair and scientific approach to nature and protect the environment, so that the relationship among human beings and relationship between human and nature are going to be coordinated, and the ecologicalsustainable development on the Earth will be realized.