미래사회와 불교의 수행

A Study on Buddhistic Training in the Coming Society

&nbsp;&nbsp;Owing to the technology development, human beings will be able to lead more affluent and convenience lives in the coming society. But on the other hand, it is easy to expect that the technology produces various side effects such as egoism, individualism, neglecting each other, self-effacement and so on&nbsp;&nbsp;by rapidly changing the social environment and the way of thinking and confusing the value system.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Then how can we deal with these problems in the coming society? All buddhistic training from Early Buddhism to Mah？y？na Buddhism teach the universal truth that makes all the human beings live a enlightened life out of the suffering in the different and specific character and methods. However, the most effective way to solve these problems in the buddhistic training is probably Mah？y？na-bodhisattva path. Mah？y？na Buddhism emphasizes that establishing the true ego and realizing the real value of life is practicing the eternal truth by oneself.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;This shows that the ultimate aim of the ways of enlightening beings is the religious consciousness and practice of the truth. The final aim of this is to live sincerely in a correspondence between oneself and the eternal truth, not to analyze it scientifically or philosophically. As one practices more and more, not only one&quot;s wisdom(praj？？) is reinforced but also the relief of mankind based on compassion becomes more active and effective.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;As I mentioned above, it is the ways of enlightening beings that leads one who lives blindly in greed and pursues pleasures under the influence of individualism as well as feels alienated from the environment to be true and realize oneself by establishing the truth ego.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Thus, when the Buddha&quot;s instruction is interpreted in a new way in our lives, Buddhism can find a clue to solve various problems in the coming society and finally do a role of the times that the society demands.