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Before I dive into an explanation of the Hua Yen viewpoint, I would
like to say a word about cosmology and its place in Buddhism.
By cosmology, I am referring to the study of a comprehensive vision
of the nature of the universe and humanity's place within it.
The historical Buddha refused to get entangled with cosmology,
comparing it to having a discussion about the particulars of a
poisoned arrow before actually allowing it to be removed from one's
flesh.
In Shakyamuni's view, cosmology was a distraction from the
immediate task of recognizing the immediacy of the human
predicament for what it is and extricating oneself from it.
Today, however, we are so engrossed in our "predicament" that we
have created what sociologist Christopher Lasch has called a
"culture of narcissism."
As a culture, we are so concerned with our human predicament that
therapy, drugs, escapism, and equally escapist transcendental or
fundamentalist religions have blinded us to the fact that there is
more to humanity than just individual humans.
The human situation is different than it was in Shakyamuni's day;
our situation has always been inextricably bound up with the world
in which we live, but now we have the power to change that world in
drastic ways.
Our technical know-how and industrial progress have brought us to
the point where, as the ecologist and theologian Thomas Berry has
pointed out, "we have actually changed the chemistry of the
planet." This is the danger. The problem of enlightenment is no
longer solely a problem of seeing into the nature of one's own
mind. Even Shakyamuni recognized the need to take care of one's
physical body if right meditation is to be practiced. Now we must
take care of our universe-body as well. Thomas Berry has also
pointed out that, "We need the healing Beauty of the natural
world.
We need the Beauty for our imagination.
To damage the outer world is to destroy the inner world.
" As Buddhists, we must acknowledge that a destruction of the inner
world as a consequence of having no responsibility towards or
appreciation for the cosmos and our role in it's unfolding is not
conducive to right meditation or right livelihood.
Berry's earnest recommendation is that we must learn to see that
"the universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of
objects." With all of this said, I think it can be safely concluded
that Buddhism must now come to grips with cosmology if it is to
provide a healthy vision for a humanity that must learn to relate
to the natural world in an entirely new way if it is to
survive.
My intake to Ryuei Michael McCormick is that Buddhist Cosmology
have profound influence on the Environmental concept of Reduce
,Reuse and Recycle.
It would be a good understanding that human inhabitated this planet
Earth ,but have caused a lot of environment disaster which is
impacting and
causing change in climate and weather pattern , as in the Global
Warming and
frequent earthquake
[quote]The 7th century Hua Yen monk Fa-tsang illustrated li
shih wu ai through the analogy of a golden lion. If we think of the
gold as the principle and the form of the lion as phenomena, then
we can begin to understand how principle and phenomena can be
simultaneously present and mutually
supportive.[/quote]
the 2 common concept in Huayen (Flower Adornment school )
is the Lih Shi wu ai and Shih shih wu ai