The Relationship Between Nature and Justice

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

2022. 7. 17

🔹Question : Hello, Sunim. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. I often see Sunim suggesting that we could look to nature to draw a more universally acceptable definition of justice. For example, you’ve said that because animals in the wild don’t take care of their parents once they mature, we shouldn’t be seen as evil even if we choose not to take care of our own parents. While I wholeheartedly agree that, at a fundamental level, your approach could be the most sustainable and peaceful approach. But when it comes to the specific examples you give, I can’t help but come up with a lot of counterexamples in my head. I feel everything that doesn’t defy the laws of physics happen in nature. So, it’s hard to see why we would pick out some aspects of it but not others. I have this situation where my heart accepts what you’re saying, but my head is coming up with a bunch of questions. So, I was hoping you could help me reconcile these differences.

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