Respond to Natural Disasters

Natural disasters are phenomenon which natural happen in the world. Every body are certain happen it. We can’t refuse the natural disasters because condition of world can’t always stabil. The natural disasters happen not only cause the natural but also human’s behavior. Natural disaters are consistency of combination natural activity (physical phenomenon such mountain eruption, earthquake, slide ground) and human’s behaviour. Because unability’s human, effect of bad managemen so give bad effect in many sector, until death. Disadvantages producted depend ability to prevent the disasters and  their endure effort, the disasters rise if dangerous threat meet with unability. Natural disasters can be especially traumatic for children and youth. Experiencing a dangerous or violent flood, storm, wildfire, or earthquake is frightening event for adults, and the devastation to the familiar environment (home and community) can be long lasting and distressing.

            The disasters happen because human’s behaviour which based by the greed. In Agañña Sutta (2002: 82), Buddha explain “some being of greedy disposition, said: Lo now! What will this be? And tasted the savoury earth with his finger. He thus, tasting, became suffused with the savour, and craving entered into him.” Someone have greed never have satisfied, he will always do action which he think he like or thruth be continue. Such as someone doing wild hewing, he will throw the trees continue after get and feel advantage from it. And he will not awareness that his behaviour effect happen  the disasters.

In buddhism, the disasters consist arranged by niyama, there are Utu Niyāma  (Physics law, range all inorganic phenomenon), Bija Niyāma  (biologis's law, range all organic phenomenon), Kamma Niyāma (Law because effect, characteristic all action phenomenon that is done which is conduct which well will good ensue and bad conduct will wreak bad effect), Citta Niyāma (Psychological law, range all job process collects thoughts), Dhamma Niyāma (Law levels with another, characteristic all happening phenomenon which is that all phenomenon mutually relevance and including all not such process range four above laws, as truth of mathematics concept in figures reality). Five above laws that manage all happening phenomenon this universe, including act of god. Buddha's teaching words that act of god because of physics law (in this case geology), and can also since man fault. Fundamental teaching Buddha is that all phenomenon which happen is mutually concerning. Physics law manage nature job which is rain cycle, but since man a lot of hewn treed bungling, discarding bungling waste so ensuing flooding. Another example is chaotic season one because of global instillation that also been begat by man. Nature characteristic is poised, so as uneven nature not poised cause is man, therefore happens nature phenomenon that unusually so become disaster for human.

Another its thing with earthquake, flaming mountain eruption and another geological act of god. Until currently was seen clearly what there isdirect relevancy or not direct among geological act of god and human action. Earthquake, flaming mountain eruption, and another geological act of god more a lot of because of physics law (geology). But, continuous dry season, weather that don't certain, flood, sag, happening until current forest fire a large part is u straightforward man and also indirect.

Buddha's teaching teaches to man specifically for glassed see theyself before blaming. One throw action at random waste did by an individual just can cause the great calamity for human another. On the other hand, buddhis know that anything is impermanence (anicca).

            Therefore, in order to the disasters not consist we must effort to prevent it, in the manner of keep the clean anyplace, with control the mind so can be awareness so impermanence not make suffering us, keep loving kindness, keep the peace, create programe greening and be important is destroy the greed because greedy is source of evil which can effect the suffering to our life. And when the disasters happen us we must effort safe our body, we also must help another. Because we can’t life self. We live need help from another.

Referensi:

David, T. W. Rhys. (Ed.). 2002. Dialogues of The Buddha, vol. I ( Dhigha Nikaya). Oxford: The Pali Texts Society

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