Ikeda's Thoughts On Sustainable Development

The appearance of modern civilization promoted the great development of economy,but also brought serious environmental problems and other problems.In recent years,these problems have seriously damaged human physical and mental health, the more threatening the sustainable development of the earth. From the initial disregard to the common concern, people began to reflect on the root causes of a series of problems, what the way to solve these problems is. Then, in the process of self-reflection, sustainable development thought which is related to the human future gradually produced. Daisaku Ikeda had the thought of sustainable development under the above background.Ikeda's sustainable development thinking is arising with three origins. As a Buddhist thinker, Ikeda always thought about the future of mankind,which is based on the dignity of life, so the idea of Ikeda must have its religious origins;Once as Japan Soka Gakkai third president, Ikeda's mentors have great influence on his life.This is the other source of his thinking form. Ikeda was very fond of Chinese traditional culture, the influence of oriental thought is another origin of his sustainable development thinking.Daisaku Ikeda thinks sustainable development includes own happiness is n't built in the misfortune of others, no leaving the offspring a polluted earth, no sacrifice the future only for meetting the need now. In other words, it means Ikeda environmental protection concept, Ikeda's eliminating poverty concept and creating a sense of happiness. The relationship between the three is close, the specific definition of this idea highlights the direction in which the human society should struggle. Environmental protection is the foundation of achieving sustainable development. The eradication of poverty is the key,and creating happiness is the goal of achieving sustainable development.He pursued an ideal world that we should establish a peaceful coexistence, the sustainable development of society,with the foundation of the dignity.As a social activist, he is very concerned about the global social sustainable development. There are many ways achieving the goal. Establishing a world free of nuclear weapons is the premise.The United Nations should play a leading role in this area. The education of sustainable development is necessary.We must pay attention to the power of women,the youth and the power of people. Through the above ways,we may see the dawn of the realization of the global sustainable development. As a person of East Asia, he worried about sustainable development of East Asia area. To solve the greenhouse effect and the establishment of an East Asian community are important ways to achieve the goal. Achieving sustainable development conforms to the trend of the times, however, the current situation is unsatisfactory.To achieve sustainable development in East Asia is not easy. China and Japan need to enhance mutual understanding and trust. Ikeda also recognized that the construction of East Asian community has a long way to go.when to achieve this goal requires time to verify.Thought is the great soul of human, whose height affects the depth of the social development. The author tries to evaluate Ikeda's sustainable development thinking from three aspects briefly. First, with Buddhist vision seeing the problem, his sustainable development thought has a strong religious color.Secondly, the essence of the idea of sustainable development is the expression of human thought, which advocates that human natural revolution is the fundamental path to realize the sustainable development. Finally, creating social value for the purpose of maintaining the dignity of life is the radical goal of sustainable development.The author thought that the individual viewpoints proposed by Ikeda are ideal, which will be explained in the article. Ikeda's thought has already developed into a system of system, and the idea of sustainable development in contemporary society has a profound significance. Through researching Ikeda's thought of sustainable development, combined with social problems that exist in China.The author tries to pursue the reference significance and enlightenment function to the construction of current China's ecological civilization and harmonious society.