Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1997

Foreword
Daisaku Ikeda

Introduction
Virginia Straus

The Benchmark Draft Earth Charter

The Earth Charter: An Overview
Steven Rockefeller

Hope, Desire, and Right Livelihood: A Buddhist View on the Earth Charter
Grace G. Burford

How Can Mahayana Buddhists Take Responsibility for the Earth?
David W. Chappell

The Earth Charter and Ecology Monks in Thailand
Susan M. Darlington

Personal Transformation and the Earth Charter
Rita M. Gross

The Earth Charter: A Nichiren Buddhist View
Yoichi Kawada

A Matter of Great Consequence
Stephanie Kaza

What is of Value? A Buddhist Response to the Earth Charter
Sallie B. King

"Rights" Because of Intrinsic Nature or "Responsibilities" Because of Mutual Interdependence?
Donald K. Swearer

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