A Buddhist Perspective on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Rev. Ji Kwan, executive director of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, quoted in Rev. Ji Kwan backs Hwang:
It is becoming clearer to me that Buddhism, in denying the permanence of individual souls, is a philosophy every bit as antiethitical to the rights and dignity of the human person as Utilitarianism.
Rev. Ji Kwan, executive director of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, quoted in Rev. Ji Kwan backs Hwang:
Buddha taught us to give everything to the sick, whether it costs an arm and a leg. If we say nothing for Hwang, our Buddhism is dead....
In a wider perspective, the earth, nonliving things, empty space and sentient beings are all parts of Buddha and therefore have vitality... It is nonsensical for some to insist that only the embryonic stem cell, (not the adult stem cell), is living.
It is becoming clearer to me that Buddhism, in denying the permanence of individual souls, is a philosophy every bit as antiethitical to the rights and dignity of the human person as Utilitarianism.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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