Buddhism and Ecology

The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds

Edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker

Edited by Duncan Ryuken Williams

    • Preface Lawrence E. Sullivan
    • Series Foreword Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
    • Introduction Duncan Ryuken Williams

    Overview: Framing the Issues

    • Buddhism and Ecology: Collective Cultural Perceptions Lewis Lancaster

    Theravada Buddhism and Ecology: The Case of Thailand

    • The Hermeneutics of Buddhist Ecology in Contemporary Thailand: Buddhadasa and Dhammapitaka Donald K. Swearer
    • A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential Contribution of the Monastic Community in Promoting a Green Society in Thailand Leslie E. Sponsel and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel

    Mahayana Buddhism and Ecology: The Case of Japan

    • The Jeweled Net of Nature Paul O. Ingram
    • The Japanese Concept of Nature in Relation to the Environmental Ethics and Conservation Aesthetics of Aldo Leopold Steve Odin
    • Voices of Mountains, Trees, and Rivers: Kukai Dogen, and a Deeper Ecology Graham Parkes

    Buddhism and Animals: India and Japan

    • Animals and Environment in the Buddhist Birth Stories Christopher Key Chapple
    • Animal Liberation, Death, and the State: Rites to Release Animals in Medieval Japan Duncan Ryuken Williams

    Zen Buddhism: Problems and Prospects

    • Mountains and Rivers and the Great Earth: Zen and Ecology Ruben L. F. Habito
    • The Precepts and the Environment John Daido Loori

    American Buddhism: Creating Ecological Communities

    • Great Earth Sangha: Gary Snyder's View of Nature as Community David Landis Barnhill
    • American Buddhist Response to the Land: Ecological Practice at Two West Coast Retreat Centers Stephanie Kaza
    • The Greening of Zen Mountain Center: A Case Study Jeff Yamauchi

    Applications of Buddhist Ecological Worldviews

    • Nuclear Ecology and Engaged Buddhism Kenneth Kraft
    • Buddhist Resources for Issues of Population, Consumption, and the Environment Rita M. Gross
    • Buddhism, Global Ethics, and the Earth Charter Steven C. Rockefeller

    Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Buddhism and Ecology

    • Is There a Buddhist Philosophy of Nature? Malcolm David Eckel
    • Green Buddhism and the Hierarchy of Compassion Alan Sponberg
    • Buddhism and the Discourse of Environmental Concern: Some Methodological Problems Considered Ian Harris
    • Bibliography on Buddhism and Ecology Duncan Ryuken Williams
    • Notes on Contributors
    • Index
  • Cover: Buddhism and Ecology

Mary Evelyn Tucker is Senior Lecturer, Yale Divinity School.

Duncan Ryuken Williams is Associate Professor of Japanese Buddhism, University of California, Berkeley.