Buddhism doesn't take an objective and relative view of the nature. It has connected korean native popular religion and identified man with nature on the level that man is able to project himself into nature. For this reason, Buddhism has been able to...
Buddhism doesn't take an objective and relative view of the nature. It has connected korean native popular religion and identified man with nature on the level that man is able to project himself into nature. For this reason, Buddhism has been able to settle down and developed on the cultural climate of Korea.
But western trends of though which regards the conquest of nature as a measure of development of civilization has brought about serious ecological crises like these days.
So, our national park development plan, which has been based on the western though and methods, has destroyed and damaged our old temple areas which are ideal and cultural heritages of our nation.
Because of these realities, our old temple areas have been changed as recreational areas, and amusement places. And in the same way, monks and relics of buddhism are changed as sight-seeing objects.
Therefore, we must change our westent thought of nature so that these old temple areas are not damaged and lost any more. And we have to adopt a proper measure for conservation of nature environment and we need deep understanding of Buddhism ideas of nature.