依賴起源，保護生命及中介方法

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Title:	依賴起源，保護生命及中介方法 Dependent Origination, Protecting Life & Middle Path
Authors:	釋昭慧 Shih, Chao-Hwei
Contributors:	中山醫學大學：醫學人文暨社會學院
Keywords:	Sattva (being , creature);pratftya-samutp?da (dependent origination);protecting life;madhyam?-pratipad (the middle path);putting oneself in others' shoes;interdependency;equality of all dharma nature
Date:	2011
Issue Date:	2014-05-30T08:44:27Z (UTC)
Publisher:	醫學人文暨社會學院
Abstract:	This paper introduces three cores of Buddhist Ethics: Dependent Origination, Protecting Life and the Middle Path. "Dependent Origination" is generally known as "causes and conditions", is the core and most fundamental principle. It is also the unique Buddhist ideology that distinct Buddhism from other religions in the world. All phenomena in the universe, be it human, events, matters or scenes (these are collectively called Dharma in Buddhism), are not free from the law of "combination of causes and conditions"."Protecting Life" is a moral principle that develops naturally from the Law of Dependent Origination. It based on three major principles: "putting oneself in others' shoes", "interdependency", and "equality of all dharma nature" of the dependent originated phenomena. "Putting oneself in others' shoes" is the morale ground for protecting life. This is named as the Golden Rule Theorem in ethical study. The ability of "putting oneself in others' shoes" is the moral entity that develops in accordance to the principle of "interdependency" and "equality of all dharma nature" of the dependent originated phenomena. "The Middle Path" is: "to make a relatively best choice without selfish thought among the causes and conditions that we see, hear, sense and know. "When we say causes and conditions that we "see, hear, sense and know", we have hinted that there are limitations in our sense organs and understandings. The doer must understand that these causes and conditions that we "see, hear, sense and know" do not encompass all causes and conditions. Thus, when we make a decision, we do not dare to boast that all our selections are the "absolute truth". We can only humbly acknowledge that this is the "relatively best choice" that we can make at the moment. In addition, the practice of "putting oneself in others' shoes" and the ability of seeing the insight of dependent origination and selflessness - which develops under the study of the Law of Dependent Origination - can assist us to put self-benefit aside but to think for the benefit of the sentient beings and make a "non-selfish" selection/choice. The three major principles of "protecting life", such as "putting oneself in others' shoes", not only help us to relate better to others' feelings when meeting/communicating with others , but they can also develop according to the Law of Dependent Origination and become ethical judgments and practical conducts that are in accordance to the Middle Path.
URI:	https://ir.csmu.edu.tw:8080/ir/handle/310902500/9512
Relation:	臺灣醫學人文學刊, v12 n.1&2 p27-49
Appears in Collections:	[醫學人文暨社會學院] 期刊論文

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