Paradigm Shift: The Effect of Zen in Preventing Environmental Destruction

Osamu Rosan Yoshida and Hidekazu Iwamoto
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Osamu Rosan Yoshida: Missouri Zen Center, Creve Coeur, MO, USA
Hidekazu Iwamoto: Josai International University, Shikishi, Japan

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 2016, vol. 7, issue 4, 17-34

Abstract: “Wrong views and values” fortify desires, but “right views and values” curb their desires bringing satisfaction and subsistence. Section 2 describes the current crisis of global warming on the earth and the sea, warning its grave danger for humanity. Section 3 suggests measures to prevent environmental destruction, arguing the necessity of a paradigm shift from “Greedy economics” (modern economics) to Chisoku economics (Buddhist economics). Section 4 explains the necessity of religion (reunion with holiness), Buddhism, and Zen, which enable the concrete witness of nirvana (no-wind, of karma, Pure Land) and a wakeful life to actualize this paradigm shift. Section 5 explains how the practice of Zen can facilitate an actual shift of ego, economy, and ecology to the solution of these problems. The authors conclude that it is necessary for us to wake up from wrong “views and values” (due to karma) to realize the wholly wholesome way of all on all levels and realms in cultivation (education, practice) and verification (enjoyment, perfection).

Date: 2016
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