Buddhism teaches one how to see all sentient beings as fellow living beings and cultivate the empathic mind of oneness with others. Each being is an irreplaceable existence of the universe. All beings are worthy of respect due to their mutuality. Awakening to interdependence cultivates a sense of consideration towards all beings. Second, interdependence is not a mechanical law of nature but is the reality of compassionate relationships. Buddhists understand that no being is unconditional, permanently fixed, or immutable. The world is an interconnected, interdynamic, cooperative whole, not a collection of separate, oppositional parts. Though the world is full of distinctions, each being exists and evolves in harmony with the vast network of interdependence that sustains all life. First, interdependence is a fundamental principle of universe.
For Buddhists, interdependence means that all living beings are born through the intersection of causes and conditions, and all lives are supported by the existence of others. Essence of Buddhismīuddhism was founded in northernwestern India by Gautama Buddha (463 –383 b.c.e.), who realized the truth of Prati ¯tya-samutpa ¯da (interdependent co-arising). Buddhism emphasizes the holistic relationship of life and the harmonious coexistence of all beings and all things. However, Buddhism recognizes that a self-centered application of technology can harm the integrity of other life forms, and hard to these can in turn harm human beings. For Buddhists, scientific technology is neither good nor evil. Thus Buddhists have freely adopted the practical scientific technologies of each epoch and place. The primary concern of Buddhism is to relieve human spiritual suffering and not to clarify the laws of nature. Because of this basic shared approach, Buddhism and science doe not come into serious conflict. The fundamental Buddhist ideas of interdependence and impermanence are based on a rational apprehension of the world that can be likened to the modern scientific method. Buddhism, History of Science and Religion
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