Applying Buddha’s Teachings in Modern Society

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  • Today
  • society
  • is
  • facing
  • with
  • its
  • ethical
  • problems.
  • Religious
  • function
  • of
  • Religion
  • play
  • more
  • have
  • more
  • roles
  • than
  • at
  • any
  • time
  • for
  • contributing
  • to
  • build
  • a
  • society
  • of
  • order,
  • stability
  • and
  • peace
  • on
  • the
  • earth.
  • This
  • time,
  • the
  • actually
  • Buddha's
  • teachings
  • are
  • not
  • the
  • application
  • of
  • the
  • Buddhist
  • community
  • only,
  • but
  • to
  • existence
  • of
  • human
  • kind
  • in
  • general.
  • Those
  • are
  • ecological
  • risks,
  • such
  • as
  • pollution,
  • finiteness
  • of
  • natural
  • resources,
  • progressing
  • diseases,
  • risk
  • of
  • the
  • mass
  • murder
  • using
  • nuclear
  • weapon,
  • all
  • kinds
  • of
  • dependencies,
  • from
  • drugs
  • to
  • Internet,
  • consumerism,
  • terrorism,
  • the
  • problem
  • of
  • the
  • Third
  • World,
  • and
  • so
  • on.
  • Due
  • to
  • the
  • acceleration
  • of
  • the
  • technological
  • progress,
  • the
  • risk
  • is
  • growing
  • every
  • year
  • in
  • a
  • geometrical
  • progression,
  • and
  • because
  • of
  • that,
  • now
  • it
  • is
  • extremely
  • important
  • to
  • look
  • for
  • solutions
  • in
  • the
  • ancient
  • wisdom
  • that
  • proved
  • to
  • be
  • immortal
  • and
  • true.
  • The
  • Buddha's
  • teaching
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • those
  • heritages
  • of
  • humankind
  • that
  • can
  • serve
  • as
  • a
  • cure
  • of
  • a
  • new
  • society. In
  • Buddhist
  • worldview,
  • human
  • beings
  • live
  • in
  • the
  • illusion
  • of
  • separateness
  • while
  • their
  • true
  • nature
  • is
  • single
  • with
  • the
  • whole
  • universe.
  • We
  • are
  • all
  • a
  • single
  • living
  • organism
  • with
  • interrelated
  • and
  • integrated
  • physically,
  • spiritually
  • and
  • locally.
  • But
  • majority
  • of
  • mankind
  • is
  • still
  • ignorant
  • of
  • that
  • fact,
  • and
  • acts
  • egoistically
  • so
  • as
  • we
  • all
  • were
  • separated.
  • Most
  • people
  • act
  • egoistically,
  • following
  • their
  • delusional
  • vain
  • passions
  • from
  • suffering,
  • in
  • which
  • they
  • live,
  • and
  • deepening
  • their
  • suffering
  • even
  • more
  • in
  • their
  • fussy
  • races
  • for
  • the
  • desires.
  • The
  • problem
  • is
  • their
  • actions
  • (along
  • with
  • our
  • words
  • and
  • thoughts)
  • not
  • only
  • do
  • harm
  • to
  • themselves
  • but
  • to
  • every
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • being
  • at
  • the
  • same
  • time.
  • For
  • that
  • reason,
  • many
  • people
  • in
  • the
  • world
  • are
  • suffering,
  • animals
  • and
  • plants
  • are
  • suffering,
  • and
  • the
  • planet
  • Earth
  • itself
  • is
  • suffering. The
  • Buddha
  • was
  • the
  • one
  • who
  • intended
  • to
  • stop
  • all
  • that
  • suffering
  • and
  • suggested
  • a
  • teaching
  • where
  • he
  • instructed
  • how
  • to
  • do
  • it.
  • In
  • this
  • research,
  • I
  • will
  • examine
  • the
  • Buddha's
  • teaching
  • and
  • teachings
  • of
  • his
  • followers
  • concerning
  • in
  • which
  • way
  • those
  • teachings
  • can
  • be
  • a
  • cure
  • for
  • a
  • new
  • world's
  • society,
  • and
  • how
  • could
  • it
  • solve
  • our
  • global
  • problems
  • and
  • ease
  • the
  • suffering
  • of
  • people
  • who
  • live
  • in
  • the
  • digital
  • world
  • of
  • the
  • twenty-first
  • century. The
  • topics
  • I
  • will
  • consider
  • in
  • this
  • paper
  • are
  • following.
  • I
  • will
  • briefly
  • consider
  • the
  • major
  • problems
  • of
  • nowadays
  • society
  • and
  • the
  • basic
  • principles
  • of
  • Buddhist
  • philosophy
  • concerning
  • the
  • existence
  • of
  • human
  • beings.
  • Then
  • we
  • will
  • research
  • the
  • Buddhist
  • perspective
  • on
  • the
  • problem
  • of
  • violence
  • and
  • the
  • methods
  • of
  • preventing
  • it
  • suggested
  • by
  • the
  • Buddha
  • himself
  • and
  • his
  • followers.
  • After
  • that,
  • I
  • will
  • discuss
  • the
  • five
  • moral
  • precepts
  • of
  • the
  • Buddha
  • and
  • the
  • Buddhist
  • moral
  • principles
  • in
  • general.
  • The
  • next
  • stage
  • of
  • the
  • research
  • will
  • be
  • the
  • analysis
  • of
  • the
  • Eightfold
  • Path
  • suggested
  • by
  • Buddhists
  • and
  • how
  • this
  • path
  • may
  • lead
  • to
  • a
  • salvation
  • of
  • every
  • living
  • being.
  • The
  • final
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • paper
  • will
  • be
  • dedicated
  • to
  • the
  • application
  • of
  • Buddhist
  • philosophy
  • and
  • ethics
  • to
  • the
  • global
  • world
  • issues
  • specifically
  • for
  • every
  • sphere
  • of
  • life.
  • In
  • the
  • end,
  • I
  • will
  • sum
  • up
  • gathered
  • information
  • and
  • make
  • a
  • conclusion
  • on
  • my
  • topic. The
  • methodology
  • I
  • will
  • use
  • is
  • analyzing
  • the
  • original
  • texts,
  • academic
  • critique,
  • and
  • the
  • words
  • of
  • Buddhist
  • key
  • figures
  • on
  • the
  • topics
  • that
  • I
  • included
  • in
  • my
  • research.
  • After
  • that
  • on
  • every
  • stage
  • of
  • the
  • working
  • process
  • I
  • will
  • apply
  • the
  • information
  • I
  • gathered
  • to
  • the
  • problems
  • of
  • modern
  • society
  • and
  • define
  • the
  • ways
  • in
  • which
  • this
  • application
  • is
  • possible
  • and
  • useful.
  • For
  • that
  • part,
  • I
  • will
  • use
  • both
  • our
  • critical
  • thinking
  • and
  • external literature.
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