Humanity is no longer an isolated existence.
We exist only within an interconnected world — a web of relationships.
This is not merely a scientific fact.
It is the truth of dependent origination.
All things arise through mutual dependence,
and nothing exists independently.
1. Existence Is Not Entity, but Relation
Modern civilization has understood the world through the lens of the “individual.”
Humans, nations, corporations, and even nature itself have been treated as separate entities.
But in this world, there is no fixed self.
This is anattā — non-self.
A forest is not merely a collection of trees,
but an event woven together by soil, water, fungi, air, and time.
Human beings, too, are not independent subjects,
but temporary flows formed within a cosmic process.
2. Destruction Is Self-Destruction
Environmental destruction is not an act against something external.
It is the process of destroying ourselves.
Because we are not separate from nature.
The moment we emit carbon,
we alter the atmosphere,
and that atmosphere, in turn, reshapes our lives.
This cycle cannot be severed.
3. Ethics Is Not a Choice, but a Structure
Buddhism teaches that suffering arises from ignorance.
The crisis of modern civilization is not caused by a lack of technology,
but by ignorance of relationships.
True ethics is not a set of rules.
It emerges from understanding structure itself.
The moment one understands dependent origination,
harming others becomes impossible.
4. Compassion Is a Survival Strategy
Compassion is not a moral ideal.
It is a way of adapting to cosmic reality.
Compassion (karuṇā)
is not merely an emotion directed toward others,
but the natural response of an interconnected being.
We cannot endure through competition alone.
We survive only through coexistence.
5. The Universe Is One Ecosystem
Earth’s ecosystem is no longer the boundary.
We have already become a civilization extended into space.
Satellites, space exploration, planetary development—
all of these are creating new ecosystems.
Therefore, ecology must now become
a cosmic ecology beyond Earth.
And its central principle remains the same:
Dependent origination.
6. Declaration
We declare:
We are no longer the masters of the world.
We are the world itself.
We do not use nature.
We exist as nature.
We are not separate beings.
We are relationship.
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