Global Problematique Its Solution 1 Global Problematique Global
Global Problematique & Its Solution 1. Global Problematique ２．Global Delusion-deed ３．Global Solution ４．Global Ethic
Cosmic Calendar Jan. １ Big Bang １５ bill. yrs. ago Feb. Mar. Apr. May Birth of Milky Way １０ bill. yrs. ago
Cosmic Calendar June July Aug. Sept. Oct. 9 Birth of the Sun ４. ７ bill. yrs. ago Oldest Fossil 3. 2 bill. yrs. ago 14 Birth of the Earth 4. 5 bill. yrs. ago 20 Photosynthesis 3 bill. yrs. ago
Cosmic Calendar Nov. 1 6 19 25 26 Dec. 十二月 Plant/animal division 1. 2 bill. yrs. ago Poly-cell organisms 1 bill. yrs. ago Vertebrata 0. 5 bill. yrs. ago Genuine nucleus organisms １. ５ bill. yrs. ago Mammals 0. 2 bill. yrs. ago
Cosmic Calendar Dec. 1 6 Plant/animal 脊椎動物 division 1. 2 bill. yrs. ago ５億年前 Polycell organisms 1 bill. yrs. ago Mass extinction 1 19 20 (22) (25) 26 29 31 Plants landing 0. 4 bill. yrs. ago Mass extinction 2 (Mass ext. 3) Mammals (Mass ext. 4) 0. 2 bill. yrs. ago Mass ext. 5 Primates 5 mil. yrs. ago Hominids 2 mil. yrs. ago
Our growing population Population Change from 1900 -2000
World energy consumption pattern World Energy Consumption between 1800 - 1990 World Primary Energy Consumption since 1970, projected to 2025
Earth’s Shrinking Biosphere Currently, the Earth is the only home we have 1900 -2000 AD With each new person added to our growing population, the amount of our living space decreases Land Area hectare per/capita
FORESTS Earth’s shrinking forestland (Ha per capita) 1900 3. 18 1900 - 2000 1950 1. 85 1960 1. 45 1970 1. 17 1980 0. 97 1990 2000 0. 82 0. 64
Increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide levels have risen by 30% in the last 200 years. 2000 -about 365 ppm The IPCC projects that, if unchecked, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will range from 650 to 970 ppm by 2100.
Dramatic changes in Arctic Sea Ice Imagine an ice-free Arctic
Ozone Hole 1979 1988 1982 1984 1986 1999 1990 1992 1994 Darkest blue areas represent regions of maximum ozone depletion 2004 1997
Extreme Events World Map of Historical Earthquakes
Dust traveling over the Pacific Images taken between April 29 and May 5, 2005 shows dust from the Gobi Desert crossing the Pacific, well on its way to North America
WATER AND LAKES • Lake Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon • Challawa Gorge Dam, Nigeria • Lake Nakuru, Kenya • Lake Victoria, Uganda • Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Lesotho • Aral Sea, Kazakhstan • Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan • Kara- Bogaz -Gol (KBG), Turkmenistan Estimated global water loss in irrigation Source: FAO
Indian Ocean Tsunami: Banda Aceh Devastated Serene Banda Aceh Dec. 2004: Tsunami devastated the region of Banda Aceh
Bam, Iran: City destroyed by earthquake A 6. 6 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Iran on 26 December 2003, killing over 40 000 people, injuring 16 000, leaving 70 000 homeless and destroying much of the city of Bam, the earthquake’s epicenter
Mozambique under water 2000: Due to severe flooding, half a million people were made homeless and 700 lost their lives 22 August 1999: Mozambique under normal conditions 1 March 2000: Mozambique under water
World’s worst nuclear accident The Chernobyl nuclear accident killed more than 31 people immediately More than 120 000 people from 213 villages and cities were relocated outside the contamination zone Much of the farmland surrounding the plant was heavily contaminated with radioactive nuclides and was subsequently abandoned
Dramatic changes in Huang He Delta, China Images show the mouth of the Yellow River and the emergence of a huge parrot-headed peninsula • 1979 -2000: Huang He’s yellow color is the result of huge loads of sediments
Changes in Huang He Delta, China • From 1989 to 1995 the Yellow River delta area grew • From 1995 to 2000 the Yellow River delta area shrank Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
Replacement of mangroves by aquaculture in Thon Buri, Thailand • 1973 -1978: Area is caught in the battle between needs of people versus the welfare of the coastal areas • 2002: Shows extensive aquaculture ponds (blue patches inland)
Sundarban: Largest mangrove forest of the world, India/Bangladesh Forest degradation has been occurring in many parts of Sundarbans Shrimp farming is a major threat to mangrove forests
Problems of Civilization Realm men over- population class-crime-war Ideology-ism-WMD Fanaticism-nationalism Mass-production/consumption /wasting/pollution/depletion/damage /disorder/disease/deterioration/demise Animal Field Life Realm Loss of life/species/life function/habitat/biodiversity/ Adaptability/invasion of new species/disturbance of system Plant Field Loss of forests//coral reefs/lakes/marshes/rivers/streams/ vitality/resistance-disease-dislocation-deterioration-destruction-demise Life Field global warming・loss of land/glacier/iceberg/water-sealevelrise-dissertificationpollution of air/water/earth-depletion of resources/ozone layer-abnormal weather/season
3 Revolutions of Humans Production Rev. Social Rev. 1 st Agricultural Rev. Urban Rev. １０ mil. yrs. ago ５ mil. yrs. ago 1 st 2 nd Industrial Rev. National Rev. ２５ 0 yrs. ago ２００ yrs. ago Spiritual Rev. 1 st Religious Rev. ２. 5 mil. yrs. ago 2 nd Life Rev. ２０ yrs. ago
5 Calamities of Civilization Delusion, Bondage, Discrimination, Exploitation, War Calamities Robbing of limited matter/power Competition, Conflict, War Symbiosis, Collaboration, Peace Sharing of limitless mind/life Culture Awakening, Freedom, Equality, Love, Peace 5 Blisses of Culture Blisses
Pyramidal Civilization power matter ego greed, anger, ignorance discrimination, exploitation, killing production, consumption, wasting deterioration, depletion, pollution malfunction, abnormality, extinction mind ECO life
Pyramidal Civilization Three Steps 力 matter power delusion action suffering mind 命 life
Indra-net System Network Every crystal reflecting all others limitlessly
illness starvation wars Ecnomic problems 難民 犯罪 disasters sea current stop climate change warming sea level rise resoures loss social vitality loss Maladjust ment abnormal weather poverty problems biodiversity loss Indra-net habitat change CO２ 宗教間 increase 組織 Systemic Reflections (CO 2 Case) species change species extinction
Paradigm Shift: 5 P Practice Penetration Participation Paradigm Shift Priority Perspective
Life Shift: 5 C Cooperation Compassion Commitment Life Shift Communication Consciousness
Truth & Ethic Requirements System Ethic Information Matter P re am t al ive ic en t ven Dyn am tal nd To Fu
1 st 4 of 5 Buddhist Precepts LIFE Matter Information Generation ying ng l exua t c No s ondu misc No l t eali No s illing No k
Declaration toward a Global Ethic Parliament of World’s Religions, Chicago, 1993 4 Irrevocable Directives Commitment to the culture of 1. 2. 3. 4. non- solidarity tolerance equal rights violence & & just a life partnership respect economic of between for order truthfulness men and life women
The Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities Prepared and presented to the United Nations for issuance on occasion of the 50 th Anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by The Inter. Action Council (OB Summit)
Truth & Ethic of Global System ５ S １．Systemic ２. Sustainable ３．Saving ４．Safe ５．Simple Material flow Information flow ５ L ５ R ５ A １．Law ２．Life ３．Love ４．Liberation ５．Lieless １．Reduce ２．Reuse ３．Recycle ４．Rearrange ５．Restore １．Access ２．Assess ３．Agree ４．Act ５．Advise Global Ethic
Dependent Origination 1 1. Old oral tradition: 2. Nescience – formations – consciousness – name-form – six bases – contact – feeling – 3. 4. craving – appropriation – becoming - birth – aging-death 2. New structural interpretation = showing suffering of samsara (impermanence): Notes on the terms: name-form Name-form = sense object contact = dharma six bases Six bases = six sense organs consciousness Contact = contact of sense organ, sense object and consciousness feeling Formation = function (karma) craving nescience Becoming = birth/aging/death formations (karma) appropriation becoming birth/aging-death suffering = samsara (flow) Craving, formations & suffering are called “three steps (sando)” Nescience (existential ignorance) appropriates body-mind as self, involved in becoming (birth, aging, death = samsara).
Dependent Origination 3 2. Origination of Suffering Craving Action (karma) ( 3 Steps ) Suffering
3 Steps to Strife-Suffering Delusi on Action Suffer ing ___________________________________________ Global System/Truth Global/Ethic Global/Peace Awakening Action Peace 3 Steps to Peace-pleasure
Becoming Truth/Peace Itself • A. Zen Koan “Cypress Tree in the Garden” Disciple said, “What is the significance of the Patriarch coming from the West? Master said, “Cypress tree in the garden. ” • B. Tree & True came from Dhree (root form of Dharma, defined as “holding forms informing norms”
Dharma • A. Meanings of Dharma 1. Dharma = form = phenomena 2. Dharma = norm = law/truth 3. Dharma = teaching • B. Dharma of all dharmas • (Law of all phenomena) • = Dependent Origination • (All phenomena Dependently Originated on causes and conditions. )
Dharma-world = a clear crystal ball “Entire world in ten directions is a clear crystal ball” Limitless life, light, liberation and love
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