An Application of Buddhadhamma to solve global warming

Abstract

The purposes of this article were to 1) study the global warming situation and 2) present the pattern for application of Buddhist principles to solve the global warming. The study was found that the Buddhist principle which can be applied to solve global warming is the Four Noble Truths. The global warming has a massive impact on all the holistic systems of life with its increasingly severe tendency. The model of climate projection indicated that in 2001-2100, the average temperature of the world would increase by 1.1 to 6.4 degrees Celsius.  The main cause of the global warming was the excessive amount of greenhouse gases beyond the appropriate standard.  Greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere were caused by human activities and natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions.  If we could solve the problem at its cause, i.e. reducing the amount of greenhouse gases, then the natural ecosystems of the world would return to normal. Human could live the holistic system of life with peace and sustainability. The way to solve the problem of global warming peacefully and sustainably is  based on the Four Noble Truths, because they have a clear application system, namely, the comprehension of things as they are (suffering), the eradication of the causes of global warming (cause of suffering), the realization of the end of global warming clearly (cessation of suffering), and following the solution to global warming based on the middle path or the middle way (the path leading to the cessation of suffering)