ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 31, 2024 Phases of the Buddhist Approach to the Environment Johannes Cairns University of Helsinki Various typologies of Buddhist ecophilosophies have been proposed but they have overlooked temporal dynamics and the relationship between beliefs and practice. I address this research gap by proposing a three-tier diachronic scheme. The first premodern phase featured … Continue reading Phases of the Buddhist Approach to the Environment →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 28, 2021 Living with the Mountain: Mountain Propitiation Rituals in the Making of Human-Environmental Ethics in Sikkim Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia University of California Los Angeles In 2019, a debate erupted in the eastern Himalayan Indian state of Sikkim over whether the Indian Government should allow climbers to attempt to summit Mount Kanchenjunga, … Continue reading Mountain Propitiation Rituals in Human-Environmental Ethics in Sikkim →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 20, 2013 Resources for Buddhist Environmental Ethics Christopher Ives Stonehill College In recent decades Buddhists have been turning their attention to environmental problems. To date, however, no one has formulated a systematic Buddhist environmental ethic, and critics have highlighted a number of weak points in Buddhist arguments thus far about environmental issues. … Continue reading Resources for Buddhist Environmental Ethics →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 18, 2011 The Lorax Wears Saffron: Toward a Buddhist Environmentalism Seth Devere Clippard Arizona State University This article argues for the reorientation of eco-Buddhist discourse from a focus on establishing textual justifications of what Buddhist environmental ethics says towards a discourse in which Buddhist rhetoric and environmental practice are intimately linked through … Continue reading Strategies for Buddhist Environmentalism →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 18, 2011 Environmental Ethics in Buddhism: A Virtues Approach. By Pragati Sahni. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2007, 224 pages, ISBN: 978-0415396794 (cloth), US $160.00. Reviewed by Deepa Nag Haksar Read article
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 14, 2007 Avoiding Unintended Harm to the Environment and the Buddhist Ethic of Intention Peter Harvey University of Sunderland This paper reflects on how the mainly intention-based ethics of Buddhism relates to issues of causing unintended harm across a range of issues of relevance to environmental concern, such as species protection, resource … Continue reading Buddhist Ethic of Intention and the Environment →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 12, 2005 Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics. By Simon P. James. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate, 2004. 142 pages. ISBN: 0754613674. Reviewed by Eric Sean Nelson Read article
A Review of Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Buddhism
Reviewed By Pragati Sahni
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998 Toward An Environmental Ethic in Southeast Asia. Edited by Peter Gyallay-Pap and Ruth Bottomley. Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia: The Buddhist Institute, 1998, 183 pages, US$20.00. Reviewed by Donald K. Swearer Read article
Getting to Grips With Buddhist Environmentalism: A Provisional Typology
By Ian Harris
Causation and Telos: The Problem of Buddhist Environmental Ethics
By Ian Harris
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 26, 2019 Buddhist Responses to the Ecological Crisis: Recent Publications on Buddhism and Ecology Christopher Ives Stonehill College A review essay on four recent publications on Buddhism and environmental issues: Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis by David R. Loy; Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence: The Dalai Lama in Conversation with Leading … Continue reading Recent Publications on Buddhism and Ecology →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 26, 2019 Western Buddhism in the Local Context of the Russian Federation: The Case of the Russian Association of Diamond Way Buddhists of the Karma Kagyu Tradition Valentina Isaeva Saint-Petersburg State University How Buddhist organizations adapt to new environments appears to be the key question defining their activities and the possibility that … Continue reading Western Buddhism in the Russian Federation →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 25, 2018 Foxes, Yetis, and Bulls as Lamas: Human-Animal Interactions as a Resource for Exploring Buddhist Ethics in Sikkim Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia Occidental College Sikkimese Bhutia language oral traditions feature an abundance of stories related to human-animal interactions. In order to begin to critically consider the significance of these interactions, this article … Continue reading Animals as Lamas in Sikkim →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 24, 2017 Dependent Origination, Emptiness, and the Value of Nature David Cummiskey and Alex Hamilton Bates College This article explains the importance of the Buddhist doctrine of dependent origination to contemporary environmental ethics and also develops a Buddhist account of the relational, non-instrumental, and impersonal value of nature. The article’s methodology is … Continue reading Dependent Origination and the Value of Nature →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 22, 2015 The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Peggy James University of Tasmania Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979) was a key figure in the historical development of Buddhism in Australia, and the nation’s conservation movement. From the 1940s she began to develop an eco-Buddhist worldview and Buddhist environmental ethic that she applied in her … Continue reading The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 20, 2013 Buddha’s Maritime Nature: A Case Study in Shambhala Buddhist Environmentalism Barbra Clayton Mount Allison University This paper describes the Buddhist environmental ethic of Windhorse Farm, a Shambhala Buddhist community in Atlantic Canada supported by ecosystem-based sustainable forestry and organic farming. The values, beliefs and motives for this project are described … Continue reading Buddha’s Maritime Nature →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 17, 2010 Moving Forward by Agreeing to Disagree: A Response to “Healing Ecology” Grace Y. Kao This paper was the subject of discussion at the American Academy of Religion national meeting in Atlanta, October 31, 2010 on “Nondualist Ecology: Perspectives on the Buddhist Environmentalism of David Loy.” Co-hosting were the Buddhist Critical-Constructive … Continue reading Response to David Loy →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 17, 2010 Healing Ecology David R. Loy This paper was the subject of discussion at the American Academy of Religion national meeting in Atlanta, October 31, 2010 on “Nondualist Ecology: Perspectives on the Buddhist Environmentalism of David Loy.” Co-hosting were the Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Group and the Comparative Religious Ethics Group. Read … Continue reading Healing Ecology →
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is the first academic journal dedicated entirely to Buddhist ethics. We promote the study of Buddhist ethics through the publication of research and book reviews and by hosting occasional online conferences. Our subject matter includes: Vinaya and Jurisprudence Medical Ethics Philosophical Ethics Human Rights Ethics and Psychology Ecology and the … Continue reading Welcome to the Journal of Buddhist Ethics →
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics interprets “ethics” in a broad sense as including subject matter in the ten areas listed below. 1. Vinaya and Jurisprudence Research into all aspects of Buddhist monastic discipline. The origins and development of the Vinaya; its categories, structure, and organization; its provisions on specific matters; comparative studies of the Vinayas … Continue reading Subject Categories →
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 11 2004 Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement: Building Individuals, Community, and (Thai) Society Juliana M. Essen Soka University of America The late 1990s economic crisis in Southeast Asia marked a critical moment in Thailand’s history. Now, many Thais pause to reevaluate their nation’s development path and to consider alternatives for a primarily … Continue reading Santi Asoke Movement in Thailand →
ISSN:1076-9005 Volume 5 1998 Ethics and the Lotus Sūtra Peggy Morgan Westminster College, University of Oxford This paper seeks to introduce and reflect upon not only some important ethical issues that emerge in any consideration of this important text, the Lotus Sūtra, but also the many different ways in which this and other questions can … Continue reading Ethics and the Lotus Sūtra →
Ethics and Integration in American Buddhism
By Charles S. Prebish
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 17, 2010 Sufficiency Economy and Santi Asoke: Buddhist Economic Ethics for a Just and Sustainable World Juliana Essen Soka University of America Mainstream economic thought and practice has resulted in wide-spread socioeconomic disparity and environmental devastation in all corners of the world, unmitigated by a multi-billion dollar development industry informed by these … Continue reading Buddhist Economic Ethics →
