Biography
Chulthim Gurung (Mriti) is a PhD Candidate from McGill University who received his MA degree from the UBC in 2019. His research focuses on the Tibetan Abhidharma Tradition. Mriti is also a former Buddhist monk, holding Khenpo title, and teaches Buddhism internationally.
Paper Abstract
This presentation showcases a Buddhist perspective on the impact of human actions on the world's ecosystem, focusing on ten specific human actions. According to Abhidharma Buddhist texts, the health of our Earth's ecosystem is significantly influenced by human actions or karma. Buddhists comprise all human actions into ten positive and negative, or ten virtuous and non-virtuous actions, which underpins the Buddhist view of universal ethics. Abhidharma describes the processes through which these actions yield diverse outcomes. Each action generates happiness or suffering as a result that directly impacts the experiences of sentient beings. Furthermore, the results are divided into two types: those affecting one's birth and those affecting the birthplace. We will explore each of these ten actions, elucidating the consequential effects on the ecosystem of our world while unraveling the entanglement of Buddhist karmic theories on ecology.