Monks are not supposed to be concerned with worldly issues such as politics. At
the same time, however, the ecology monks see environmental destruction as a
crucial factor in their main concern-human suffering. They cannot avoid a certain
degree of involvement in the former if they are to deal with the latter. They feel a
responsibility as monks to teach people environmental awareness and show them the
path to relieving their suffering. The root causes of suffering are, in Buddhist
philosophy, greed, ignorance, and hatred. As the destruction of the forest is caused
by these evils (through people's selfish aims at economic gain or unconsidered use
of natural resources to meet needs arising from poverty and overly rapid development),
the monks see it as their duty to adapt traditional religious concepts and rituals
to gain the villagers' acceptance and commitment to their ecological aims.
Monks are not supposed to be concerned with worldly issues such as politics. At
the same time, however, the ecology monks see environmental destruction as a
crucial factor in their main concern-human suffering. They cannot avoid a certain
degree of involvement in the former if they are to deal with the latter. They feel a
responsibility as monks to teach people environmental awareness and show them the
path to relieving their suffering. The root causes of suffering are, in Buddhist
philosophy, greed, ignorance, and hatred. As the destruction of the forest is caused
by these evils (through people's selfish aims at economic gain or unconsidered use
of natural resources to meet needs arising from poverty and overly rapid development),
the monks see it as their duty to adapt traditional religious concepts and rituals
to gain the villagers' acceptance and commitment to their ecological aims.
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