Buddhism has not only produced an influence upon the ancient world culture but is also playing an important role in world
affairs today. This article analyzes several important problems in the world today: world peace, disarmament, economic justice,
human rights, environmental protection, and universal cooperation in world problem solving. The writer holds that, to solve
these problems, we should study Buddhist theory and get some helpful ideas from it.
Keywords Buddhism - world peace - disarmament - human rights - economic justice
Translated from Beida Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 5, Special Issue, April 2004