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| Pāli Terminologies for ‘Nature': ‘Harmonious Co-existence' in Biodiversity | ||
| 作者 | Upali (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Bodhi Journal=世間覺報 |
| 卷期 | v.10 |
| 出版日期 | 2008.12.01 |
| 出版者 | Tung Lin Kok Yuen=東蓮覺苑 |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.buddhistdoor.com/journal/index.html |
| 出版地 | 香港, 中國 [Hong Kong, China] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | Ian Harris, a prominent scholar, in his essay Buddhism and Ecology, has initially stated that: It is with great ingenuity that one can identify approximate Buddhist equivalents to the terms, such as ‘environment ‘, ‘eco-system’, ‘ecology’, or indeed ‘nature’ itself, that are central to the contemporary discourse of environmental concern.[1] Such statements initiating an essay do not seem propitious for a general reader, if not a serious student, to explore in-depth Buddhist ecological philosophy. Of these four terms ‘eco-system’ and ‘ecology’ themselves being of very late origin[2] , it is quite pointless to seek equivalent terms in a language and civilization more than two millenniums old and no more in use for centuries; thereby no opportunity developing the vocabularies. However, equivalent concepts denoted by the term ‘nature’ are not totally absent in Pāli language. If the Pāli language has been spoken up to now there is no doubt of terms equivalent to ecology and eco-system being invented in Pāli, just as in other languages. Here while adducing the proper reasons for the absence of equivalent Pāli terms for ‘ecology’ and ‘eco-system’ I also draw some canonical evidences forwarding Pāli terms conveying parallel ideas of ‘nature’ and proposing the term ‘savāsa’ as most appropriate term for ‘harmonious co-existence’ in bio-diversity. |
| 點閱次數 | 709 |
| 建檔日期 | 2009.08.18 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.07.28 |
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