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ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BUDDHISM

    1 Author(s):  DR. VIKRAM SINGH

Vol -  6, Issue- 7 ,         Page(s) : 82 - 88  (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

The present article ‘Ecological Conservation and Buddhism’ emphasizes to save ecology as well as the environment. Buddhism exhibits its flexible philosophy about ecological conservation and adapt itself to local people’s opinion to educate for maintaining ecological conservation as well as the environment. Buddhism originated in the late 6th century B.C. in India by Mahatma Buddha, which spread to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and some other countries and at present, it is the fourth largest religion of the world having more than 376 million followers. The most important spiritual religion is Buddhism whose main objective is to achieve nirvana, which is a state of perfect peace in which human being is free from material world, desires and attain awakening.

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