Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorKyoto Seminar for Religious Philosophy, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031989Rolston, Holmes, III, Respect for Life: Can Zen Buddhism Help in Forming an Environmental Ethic?, Zen Buddhism Today 7 (September 1989): 11-30.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37117Annual Report of the Kyoto Zen Symposium, Kyoto Seminar for Religious Philosophy, Institute for Zen Studies, Hanazono College and Kyoto University. Invited paper as distinguished lecturer at the Seventh Annual International Zen Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, March 1989.Includes bibliographical references (page 30).Zen Buddhism has an enviable respect for life. Buddhism promises to chasten human desires and thirsts, to fit humans into their sources, their surrounding world. But there is a series of challenges to Zen Buddhism. Compassion to wild animals? Buddha nature in a lotus flower? Saving endangered species and ecosystems? A challenge to Zen is to use its insights to help form an environmental ethic--East and West.born digitalarticleseng©1989 Kyoto Seminar for Religious Philosophy.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Western Enlightenmentecosystemsendangered speciesenvironmental ethicshuman-nonhuman boundaryvalue in natureZen BuddhismText