Buddhism uses the term "dependent origination" (Jpn. engi) to describe symbiotic relations. Nothing--no one--exists in isolation. Each individual existence functions to bring into being the environment which in turn sustains all other existences. All things, mutually supportive and related, form a living cosmos, what modern philosophy might term a semantic whole. This is the conceptual framework through which Mahayana Buddhism views the natural universe.
Daisaku Ikeda, 1993. Mahayana Buddhism and Twenty-First Century Civilization, Delivered at Harvard University, September 24.
It is manifested that the consciousness which appears on the surface always affects the depths on the basis of dependent origination, and the surface consciousness and the subsurface consciousness are always changing fluidly. In the same way, subject and its environment have close relation still more at the depths as well as relation which appears as phenomenon at the surface. Therefore, the phenomenon and the consciousness, which appear at the surface, are only the tip of the iceberg floating on the water. There is a vast world that extends under the surface of the water. That vast world is developed with the depths of the consciousness and the phenomenon in Buddhist thought.
Yamamoto Shuichi, 2001. Mahayana Buddhism and Environmental Ethics : From the Perspective of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine. IOP. The Journal of Oriental Studies, 11, 167–180.
In Buddhist thought, recognizing the occurrence of any phenomena is first justified by the doctrine of Origination in Dependence where everything is somehow connected.../...
This mutualism is suitably expressed in the simile of Indra’s Net describing the aspect of “arising from causation (engi)” in the Huayan or Flower Garland Sutra (kegon-kyo) in Buddhist literature. The simile describes a great net that hangs in the palace of Indra, the God of Thunder. The net has countless joints or knots adorned with jewels in a beautifully complex mesh. Each of these jewels clearly reflects all the other jewels in the net, so that every part of the net reflects all other parts. The knots of the net express each living entity, and the net is stabilized so that the relation is complicated. The reason each link or knot is expressed as a jewel implies that each living entity has value beyond imagination, and projecting other jewels signifies the mutual respect and deep relationship each living entity has towards one another.
Yamamoto Suichi & Kuwahara Victor S., 2006. Symbiosis with the Global Environment : Buddhist Perspective of Environmental Education IOP.The Journal of Oriental Studies, 16, 176-185.
Daisaku Ikeda, 1993. Mahayana Buddhism and Twenty-First Century Civilization, Delivered at Harvard University, September 24.
It is manifested that the consciousness which appears on the surface always affects the depths on the basis of dependent origination, and the surface consciousness and the subsurface consciousness are always changing fluidly. In the same way, subject and its environment have close relation still more at the depths as well as relation which appears as phenomenon at the surface. Therefore, the phenomenon and the consciousness, which appear at the surface, are only the tip of the iceberg floating on the water. There is a vast world that extends under the surface of the water. That vast world is developed with the depths of the consciousness and the phenomenon in Buddhist thought.
Yamamoto Shuichi, 2001. Mahayana Buddhism and Environmental Ethics : From the Perspective of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine. IOP. The Journal of Oriental Studies, 11, 167–180.
In Buddhist thought, recognizing the occurrence of any phenomena is first justified by the doctrine of Origination in Dependence where everything is somehow connected.../...
This mutualism is suitably expressed in the simile of Indra’s Net describing the aspect of “arising from causation (engi)” in the Huayan or Flower Garland Sutra (kegon-kyo) in Buddhist literature. The simile describes a great net that hangs in the palace of Indra, the God of Thunder. The net has countless joints or knots adorned with jewels in a beautifully complex mesh. Each of these jewels clearly reflects all the other jewels in the net, so that every part of the net reflects all other parts. The knots of the net express each living entity, and the net is stabilized so that the relation is complicated. The reason each link or knot is expressed as a jewel implies that each living entity has value beyond imagination, and projecting other jewels signifies the mutual respect and deep relationship each living entity has towards one another.
Yamamoto Suichi & Kuwahara Victor S., 2006. Symbiosis with the Global Environment : Buddhist Perspective of Environmental Education IOP.The Journal of Oriental Studies, 16, 176-185.
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