An Open Letter - a meeting was held in Dharamsala, India, between His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama and a group of twenty- two Western dharma teachers from the major Buddhist traditions in Europe and America
http://www.anandainfo.com/buddhist_ethics.html

An Advocate for Peace Starts With Listening Samar Farah interviews Thich Nhat Hanh
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0404/p18s02-lire.html

A Buddhist Ethic Without Karmic Rebirth? by Winston L. King
http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/1/king1.html

A Buddhist Perspective on Animal Rights by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/Buddhism and Animal Rights.htm

An Open Letter - buddhist ethics; this article appeared in the Fall 1993 issue of "Tricycle: The Buddhist Review"
http://www.anandainfo.com/buddhist_ethics.html

Animals for Dinner - A Karmic Tale by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/Animals for dinner.htm

Attitudes to Alcohol - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.metta.lk/english/budthma6.html

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Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life by Yun Hsing, Tom Graham (translator) - The aim of this book is simple: to invite readers to consider what it means to lead a good life, and to offer practical advice, based on the Buddhist teachings, as to how this can be accomplished. In each of more than thirty brief essays, Master Hsing Yun treats a specific moral or ethical issue, using quotations from the rich treasury of the Buddhist scriptures as a point of departure for his discussion. Among the topics he considers are control of the body and of speech, overcoming greed, ending anger, patience under insult, how to manage wealth, how to get along with others, what it means to practice Buddhism, and the blessings and joys of that practice. The Buddhist precepts are introduced as guideposts along this path of liberation, and friendship, gratitude, and service to others are presented as essential elements of a common quest to discover and to embody our innate goodness and humanity.

Bhikkhu Patimokkha an ordained monk follows the 227 rules
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/vinaya/bhikkhu-pati.html

Buddha's Analytical Ethics by Amar Singh
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/02ethics.html

Buddhism and Abortion by Damien Keown - Readers who approach abortion from the discipline of Buddhist studies will find this book helpful as an introduction to the particular ethical issues raised by abortion.

 

Buddhism and the Environment - The Ethical Connection
http://www.earthsangha.org/buddhism/ethical.htm

Buddhism, Ethics and Society: The Conflicts and Dilemmas of Our Times by Padmasiri De Silva - a book

Buddhism and Medical Ethics: A Bibliographic Introduction by James J. Hughes
http://www.changesurfer.com/Bud/BudBioEth.html

Buddhism and the Morality of Abortion by Michael G. Barnhart
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/12abortion.html

Buddhism and Bioethics by Damien Keown - This book discusses contemporary issues in medical ethics from a Buddhist perspective. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Damien Keown shows how Buddhist ethical principles can be applied consistently to a range of bioethical problems, including abortion, embryo research, and euthanasia.

Buddhism and Sex - by Winton Higgins - About Buddhism - http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.buddhanet.net/winton_s.htm

Buddhism, Ethics and Society: The Conflicts and Dilemmas of Our Times by Padmasiri De Silva - a book

Buddhism in the National Capital of Canada; promote Buddhist ethics
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/dharma/

Buddhist Case for Vegetarianism by Philip Kapleau - a book

Buddhist Diet by Michael Ohlsson
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/Buddhist Diet.htm

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Buddhist Ethics - BuddhaNet Basic Buddhism Guide - Buddhist Studies
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/budethics.htm

Buddhist Ethics by buddhist studies: Buddha Dharma Education Association & BuddhaNet
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/budethics.htm

Buddhist Ethics as Virtue Ethics
http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/307/buddve.htm

Buddhist Ethics Essence of Buddhism by H Saddhatissa - book

Buddhist Ethics in Theory and Practice by Peter Harvey - a book- This work is a collection of soundings on topics in the theory and practice - past and present - of Buddhist ethics. It reveals the richness and diversity of this dimension of Buddhism, which, along with meditation and the cultivation of wisdom, comprises the overall path of Buddhist practice. The book covers topics such as: concepts of freedom of the will; culpability and punishment; the interplay of ethical rules and compassion; nature and ethics; economic ethics; Buddhism, violence and peace; embryonic life and the practice of abortion; views on death and organ donation; suicide, marriage and women in Buddhism. Buddhist Ethics in Theory and Practice represents a valuable collection of resources to enrich the understanding of the dynamic interplay of ideal and reality in Buddhism.

Buddhist Ethics: The Path to Nirvana by Hammalawa Ssaddhatissa - book

Buddhist Persepctive of Lay Morality by Bodhippriya Subhadra Siriwardena
http://www.lankaweb.com/dhamma/view12.html

Buddhist Perspective on Animals and Life Conservation: Their Changing Roles in Society by Wu Hung Bhiksu, Secretary General, Life Conservationist Association
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/Buddhist Perspective on Animals.htm

Buddhist Resources on Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/BuddhistVegetarian.htm

Buddhist Social and Moral Education by Suraj Narain Sharma - a book

Buddhist Vegetarianism from Buddhism A to Z
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/EatingMeatHorror.html

Buddhist View of Aboration by Nyanasobhano - book

Buddhist Virtue Ethics and the Oneness of Practice and Attainment by KnutJohan Oen
http://folk.uio.no/ingeba/buddha.html

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Celebrating the Spirit: Towards a Global Ethic a project of the Berkeley area interfaith council
http://www.conjure.com/CTS/cts.html

Center for Global Ethics Temple University
http://globalethic.org/

Compassion by H.H. The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/05compassion.html

Contemporary Buddhist Ethics by Damien Keown

 

Conversion: An Ethical Minefield? - the Religion Report - 2/5/01
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s287416.htm

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Diamond Sangha Teachers Ethics Agreement by Zen Center of Denver
http://www.zencenterofdenver.org/Lineage/ethics.html

Discipline of Freedom: A Kantian View of the Role of Moral Precepts in Zen Practice by Phillip Olson - a book

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Early Buddhism: Includes Buddhist Ethics--The Way to Salvation? by Paul Tice by T.W. Rhys Davids - In-depth coverage on the foundations of Buddhism, early gods, vedic beliefs, karma, and the life of Buddha.

 

Early Buddhist Traditions and Ethics by Lambert Schmithausen
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/animalstatus.html

Eating Flesh: Pros and Cons by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/eatingflesh.html

Eight Offerings by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/kkgroffr.htm

Eight Precepts
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/atthasila.html

Eightfold Way and Five Precepts as Ethical Touchstone by David E. Cortesi 1998
http://dcortesi.home.mindspring.com/unbelieving/ethical/eightfold.html

Ethics for the New Millennium: His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the Dalai Lama - In a modern society characterized by insensitivity to violence, ambivalence to the suffering of others, and a high-octane profit motive, is talk of ethics anything more than a temporary salve for our collective conscience? The Dalai Lama thinks so. In his Ethics for the New Millennium, the exiled leader of the Tibetan people shows how the basic concerns of all people--happiness based in contentment, appeasement of suffering, forging meaningful relationships--can act as the foundation for a universal ethics.

 

Ethics in Early Buddhism by David J. Kalupahana - Throughout the centuries, moral philosophers have considered a permanent and eternal law a necessary requirement for the formulation of a moral principle. In contrast, early Buddhism presented a radical theory of impermanence. Interpreters of this tradition, however, have been persistent in viewing nirvana or freedom as a permanent and eternal state in contrast to the impermanent world of sensory experience and bondage.

 

Ethics of Buddhism by Shundo Tachibana

 

 

Ethics of Enlightenment: Essays and Sermons in Search for a Buddhist Ethic by Ronald Y. Nakasone - a book

Everyman's Ethics - Four Discourses of the Buddha - Adapted from the translations of Narada Thera
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/09ethics.html

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Fifth Precept: Diet for a Mindful Society by Thich Nhat Hanh - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/tnh5p/precept5.htm

First Precept: Reverence for Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freenet/rootdir/menus/sigs/religion/buddhism/introduction/precepts/precept-1.html

Five Precepts - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accesstoinsight.org%2Fptf%2Fpancasila.html

Five Precepts - The purpose of Buddhist moral precepts - Sunthorn Plamintr - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.urbandharma.org/udharma2/5precepts.html

Five Precepts
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/pancasila.html

Five Precepts Questions & Answers - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.singnet.com.sg%2F%7Ealankhoo%2FFivePreceptsQA.htm

Five Principles for a New Global Moral Order by Vn. Thich Minh Chau
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/15fivepercepts.html

Five Wonderful Precepts by Thich Nhat Hanh - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/tnh5p/precept5.htm

Forestry in Tibet: Problems and Solutions by the Government of Tibet in Exile
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/tnh5p/precept5.htm

Fourth Precept: Deep Listening and Loving Speech by Tich Nhat Hanh - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/tnh5p/precept5.htm

Fundamentals of Buddhist Ethics by Gunapala Dharmasiri - book

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Genetic Engineering: A Major Threat to Vegetarians by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/GEthreat.html

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Healing Power of the Precepts by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/08power.html

Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism (Tuttle Library of Enlightenment) by John Daido Loori, Bonie Myotai Treace (Editor), Konrad Ryushin Marchai (Editor) - What does it mean to become a Zen Buddhist? How does one enter the way? What kind of training is required? To answer such questions, few are better equipped than Loori, abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, N.Y., and founder and director of the Mountains and River Order of Zen Buddhism. Loori offers an explanation of the Buddhist precepts, or vows taken as an initiation into Buddhism, together with a commentary on the classic instructions of Master Dogen concerning moral and ethical behavior. From examinations of the Buddhist concepts of the Koan to Zazen, Loori's clarity is exceptional, and his ability to frame the discussion for contemporary Americans is striking in its utility. In a year of so many exceptional Buddhist publications, Loori's book is a welcome introduction to what it takes to enter Dharma. --Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Horror of Taking Lives and Eating Meat by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/EatingMeatHorror.html

Human Rights and Non-Violence by H.H. The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/06humanrights.html

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In the Hope of Nibbana: The Ethics of Theravada Buddhism by Winston L. King - a book

 

Inner Ecology: Buddhist Ethics and Practice by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Inner Ecology.htm

Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence by Kennth Draft - book

 

 

Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism by Thich Nhat Han - Formulated during the Vietnam War, these ethical guidelines remain a penetrating expression of traditional Buddhist morality and how to come to terms with contemporary issues.
Interbeing offers a practical blueprint for living mindfully, one that has proven useful and meaningful to people from all walks of life. The book also includes a brief history, ceremonies, and the revised charter of the Order of Interbeing.

Is Buddhism an Ethical System? - Chapter IV - by Narada Mahathera
http://www.vipassana.com/resources/nutshell_buddhism_an_ethical_system.php

An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues by Peter Harvey - 'Marks the beginning of a new era in the study of Buddhist ethics ... an accessible and authoritative way in to a subject that is sure to become one of the major growth areas in Buddhist Studies.' Expository Times 'This volume will undoubtedly carve out a niche for itself in terms of the information it provides, for both the general audience and the serious scholar.'

 

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Journal of Buddhist Ethics
http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/

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Karma & Happiness: A Tibetan Odyssey in Ethics, Spirituality, and Healing by Miriam Cameron, Dalai Lama - If storytelling is at the heart of human learning, then Cameron (Hello, I'm God and I'm Here to Help You) has opened a softly lit doorway to a greater understanding of the ethical complexities in the struggle between Tibet and China. Cameron is a Jew who converted from Christianity, and in her quest for a more complete spiritual and ethical framework she found rich, compatible resonances in yoga, the twelve-step program, bioethics and, lastly, Buddhism. A Ph.D. and R.N with a broad yen for wisdom stored across traditions, she and her beloved husband Mike have an apparently insatiable quest for philosophy that guides ethical behavior. This book describes the chapter in their lives wherein they doggedly pursued a just comprehension of the centuries-old relationship between the "neighboring" countries of Tibet and China, a conflict brought to the world's attention by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The gifts of this book are several. The guileless story of their travels, especially in Tibet, is vivid and engaging, engendering empathy a "must read" for anyone contemplating the trip. The thrust and quality of their search to understand the perspective of both nations is a forgotten art. Although Cameron frames the work as an ethical quest, which it is, her greatest gift is a historical and cultural overview of what has transpired between Tibet and China. This should be required reading, especially for American Buddhists.--Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Karma: Story of Buddhist Ethic: Buddhist Ethics by Carus - book

Know Your Mind: The Psychological Dimension of Ethics in Buddhism by Sangharakshita

 

Kusala and Akusala as Criteria of Buddhist Ethics by Bhikkhu Thich Nhat-Tu
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/04Kusala.html

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Law, Jurisprudence, Medical Ethics by omni
http://omni.ac.uk/subject-listing/W32.html

Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan by William R. Lefleur - book - This is a first-rate cross-cultural study, taking the reader to the heart of another society's beliefs and practices. -- Mark Archer The Sunday Telegraph Both Buddhism and abortion flourish in modern Japan: the link between them is death. William LaFleur explains how this has come about, and in doing so provides an unusual insight into the character of modern Japan, where death is a big-money operation both for medicine and for religion. -- Thomas Crump London Review of Books Objective, informed, observant, and imaginative. William LaFleur not only enlarges our knowledge, he also uses his single topic to illuminate a broad and fundamental feature of Japanese society itself. -- Donald Richie Japan Times Weekly

Lotus Sutra and Health Care Ethics by Robert E. Florida
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/13lotus.html

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Masao Abe, Zen Buddhism, and Social Ethics by Daniel Palmer

Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics by Robert Aitken - "As an American who has trained in Zen practice for many years Aitken Roshi has a special understanding of the problems and questions which plague Western students of Zen." -- Yamada Koun Roshi

 

Mindfulness and Money: The Buddhist Path to Abundance by Dominic J. Houlder - Money is the lifeblood of commerce, giving us the ability to exchange goods and services freely; it is this very convenience that makes civilization possible. But our relationship with money is also at the core of the desires that bring dissatisfaction and suffering to our lives. The authors are both practicing Buddhists who have also been highly successful in the business world, and they have gained insight through the teachings of Buddhism on how to use money in a skillful and ethical way to bring joy and abundance. Using the Buddhist Wheel of Life as a starting point, they explore how our craving for wealth and material things keeps us trapped in a vicious cycle, and they outline a simple prescription for living using loving-kindness, generosity, and honesty. David Siegfried--Copyright © American Library Association.

Morality by Peter Della Santina
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/10morality.html

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Nature of Buddhist Ethics by Damien Keown - Damien Keown examines early and later schools of Buddhism to provide a comprehensive account of the structure of Buddhist ethics. The importance of ethics in the Buddha's teachings is widely acknowledged, but the pursuit of ethical ideals has up to now been widely held to be secondary to the attainment of knowledge. Drawing on the Aristotelian tradition of ethics, Keown argues against this intellectualization of Buddhism and in favor of a new understanding of the tradition in terms of which ethics plays a central role.

North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture - Happiness, Buddhism, and Ethical Culture by Chris Kaman
http://www.ncethicalsociety.org/ck.hap.bud.ec.shtml

Nourishing the Roots, Mind and the Animate Order, Merit and Spiritual Growth, The Path of Understanding essays on Buddhist Ethics by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/wheels/wheel259.html

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On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Convergy by Daisaku Ikeda, Rene Simard, Guy Bourgeault - This exploration of what it means to be healthy from a physical, mental, and spiritual standpoint discusses Western humanism, Japanese Buddhism, and modern science from three divergent, yet expert, perspectives.

On Good and Evil by Bhikkhu P.A. Payutto
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/11good.html

On Not Eating Meat from the Siksha-Samuccaya compiled by Shantideva
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/shantidevanomeat.htm

On Stopping Killing by the great master Lianchi Zhuhung 1535-1615
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/onstoppingkilling.htm

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Pancasila and Catholic Moral Teaching: Moral Principles As Expressions of Spiritual Experience in Theravada Buddhism and Christianity by Maurice Nyunt Wai - a book

Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism by Fred Eppsteiner - The first half of the collection deals with thoughts on spiritual practice and social action. The absolute importance of bodying fordi the teachings into society is reiterated by a prime exemplar of this path, his Holiness, the Dalai Lama. The mind is the blueprint behind all positive and negative actions, he says; thus, controlling the mind and emotions and undergoing a profound inner transformation are prerequisites for lasting world peace and the "hope for the future." Poet Gary Snyder suggests the first step is to have "a good look at Original Mind through meditation," which leads one to "a deep concern with the need for radical social change." Zen Master Robert Aitkin links inner lucidity with deep ecology, where one "thinks like a mountain" or a black bear, "becoming truly intimate with him." This unrelenting contemplation on our Original Mind, the perception of the transience of all events, even suffering, and the endless round of samsara, blossoms into the phenomenal world of our living human neighbors through acts of compassion. "Me Bodhisattva lives by the sufferers' standards," says Snyder. The book's second half presents the biographies of exemplars of engaged Buddhism, and here the emotional weight of embodied compassion is deeply moving, engaging the reader in a shared sense of suffering and insight. The importance of even one person acting compassionately is incontrovertibly clear. Cao Ngoc Phuong recounts the act of high sacrifice her Buddhist sister Chi Mai performed when she immolated herself in 1971 for peace in waning Viet Nam. Zen sitter Judith Ragir describes her self-transformation provoked by rape, a horrific event that severely tested her Buddhist practice and left her cleansed with an astounding revelation. The exemplary embodiments of Buddhists who genuinely manifest the Dharma dissolve the illusory membrane between passivity and activism, inner retreat and outer foment.

Place of Ethics in Buddhism by V.A. Gunasekara
http://www.geocities.com/islampencereleri3/place_of_ethics_in_buddhism.htm

Pollution and the Environment: Some Radically New Ancient Views by Ron Epstein; Dharma Realm Buddhist University Public Lecture Series
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Environ/pollution.htm

Prolife, Prochoice: Buddhism and Reproductive Ethics by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
http://www.fnsa.org/fall98/tsomo1.html

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Rights, Religion and Reform: Enhancing Human Dignity Through Spiritual and Moral Transformation by Chandra Muzaffar - This book discusses issues concerning human rights and religion. Is a more integrated approach to human rights desirable - an approach that transcends the individual-centred orientation of civil and political liberties of the dominant centres of power in the West? How can religious thought contribute to an integrated notion of human rights and human dignity? What sort of transformation should religion itself undergo in order to enable it to come to grips with contemporary challenges? Related to this is a larger question: How can universal spiritual and moral values help to shape politics, the economy and society as a whole?

Role of Intention in Buddhist Ethical Doctrine of Kamma by Bhikkhu Thich Nhat-Tu
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/03ethics.html

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Save All Life in the World of Man and Bird and Beast by Bhikkhu Dhammavihari
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/16savelife.html

Second Precept: Generosity by Thich Nhat Hanh
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/tnh5p/precept5.htm

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems by Emilio F. Moran - Throughout much of human history, changes to forest ecosystems have come about through natural climatic changes occurring over long periods of time. But scientists now find changes in forest cover dramatically accelerated by such human activities as large-scale agriculture, the building of dams and roads, and the growth of cities with vast areas of asphalt. Changes that once took centuries now take only decades. Seeing the Forest and the Trees examines changes in land cover and land use in forested regions as major contributors to global environmental change. It investigates why some forested areas thrive even in the presence of high human densities and activity while others decline and disappear.

Sila - Moral Conduct - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mahidol.ac.th%2Fbudsir%2Fsila-moral.htm

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Ten Precepts
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dasasila.html

Theravada Buddhism Equipped for the Future? by Katarzyna Dybowska
http://www.trincoll.edu/zines/tj/tj04.03.97/articles/cover.html

Theravada Buddhist Ethics With Special Reference to Visuddhimagga by Dr. Vyanjana - a book

Third Precept: Sexual Responsibility by Thich Nhat Hanh - About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/tnh5p/precept5.htm

Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism by Toshihiko Izutsu - Zen experience defies all thinking and linguistic description and simply affirms what is evidently real: "The ordinary way—that precisely is the Way." After questioning the nature of reality, the Zen student discovers that what remains is what is. Although it seems that Zen would not lend itself to philosophical discussion, that all conceptualization would dissolve in light of this empiricism, in this volume, the author demonstrates that the "silence" of Zen is in fact pregnant with words. A variety of topics are discussed: the experience of satori, ego and egolessness, Zen sense and nonsense, koan practice, the influence of Zen on Japanese painting and calligraphy and much more.

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Visions and Revisions in Buddhist Ethics - Response by Christopher Ives
http://www.quangduc.net/English/Ethics/14visions.html

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Way of Liberation in Zen Buddhism by Alan Watts

 

 

Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief by Huston Smith - In this challenging but accessible book, Smith ardently declaims religion's relevance, taking on luminaries, such as Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould, who hold that "only matter exists" and suggest that religion relates only to "subjective experiences." Smith defines such thinking as scientism, an unfortunate worldview distinct from science, which, in and of itself, he celebrates. But scientism, Smith says, contributes to "modernity's tunnel," a metaphorical structure that hides the metaphysical from view. He argues that "scientists who are convinced materialists deny the existence of things other than those they can train their instruments on," but in reality have "discovered nothing in the way of objective facts that counts against traditional metaphysics." Smith's arguments are reminiscent of Philip Johnson's Darwin on Trial; in fact, he nods appreciatively to Johnson's work. However, Smith's stature as a scholar probably affords him more credibility among scientists than evangelicals such as Johnson enjoy. Moreover, Smith's disarming toneDreplete with perfectly placed anecdotes and quipsDtempers the audacity of his theses and the difficulty of his subject matter. While he may be vulnerable to critiques that inevitably arise when non-scientists engage and challenge scientific claims, Smith demonstrates an impressive grasp of physics and biology, and defers to scientists who share his concerns. Most gratifyingly, after spending the book's first half implicating science, philosophy and the media in the marginalization of religion, Smith spends the second half elucidating and affirming metaphysical worldviews and imagining ways for science and religion to partner more equitably in the future.

 

World Religions: Ethical Resources for the Modern Business Corporation by Greg Emery
http://www.spectacle.org/299/emery.html

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Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics by Simon P. James - Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics explores the implications of Zen Buddhist teachings and practices for our moral relations with the natural world. At once an accessible introduction to Zen and an important contribution to the debate concerning the environmental implications of the tradition, this book will appeal both to readers unfamiliar with East Asian thought and to those well versed in the field.

Zen Buddhism and Modern Physics Morality and Religion in the New Millennium by R.J. Brissenden - a book

ZenWise Selling - how to use Zen to sell more with less stress
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/12/prweb92421.htm

ZenWise Selling: Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales...and Your Self by Lee Godden - "ZenWise Selling" is about achieving the Holy Grail of sales - clearing your mind, finding calm and peace within yourself, and selling without any stress despite looming deadlines, quotas, and other standard fare of sales. Scattered throughout the book are multiple exercises to help the reader find that peace inside their self. This peace translates into a stronger personal aura and a strong sense of presence. One of the most important points of the book besides establishing this internal peace is to approach each sales opportunity from a fresh viewpoint with no preconceptions. This allows an honest relationship to develop between the customer and salesperson and a true partnership. This is selling with integrity at it's best. "ZenWise Selling" is not a sales techniques book but a book on the foundation that underlies all relationships, including sales. The information in sales techniques books can then be applied to this foundation. Sell more, less stress, more peace, achieve the Zen of selling. "ZenWise Selling" is a highly recommended book. --Readers Preference Reviews: Harold McFarland

 

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World Community Grid
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 Amnesty International
"to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending abuses
of the rights to physical and mental integrity,
freedom of conscience and expression,  and freedom from discrimination,
within the context of its work  to promote all human rights."

 

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