Abstract

Many of major problems facing us are humancaused. While social/global injustices, inter-group conflict, any form of violence to name a few are our targets to tackle in order to achieve a more peaceful and humane future, they are in reality caused and sustained through our own thoughts. Though external causes or factors cannot be ignored, an equally critical problem confronting us is an epistemological one – our way of knowing and understanding the world. As the shape of the global conditions relies on our mind-set, both individual and collective, it is imperative to make a critical analysis of the mindset that causes troubles facing us since the world changes when our thoughts and perspectives on the world change. This paper engages in a Buddhist philosophical analysis of human mind for a sustainable and peaceful future. Buddhism, since its foundation, has deepened the analysis of how the human mind itself turns into a root cause of conflict and violence and how it can be overcome. This research explores how this analysis of the human mind contributes to realizing a sustainable and peaceful future and promoting intercultural dialogue on ethics in our globalized time.