Dependent Origination, Protecting Life & Middle Path

依賴起源，保護生命及中介方法

This paper introduce three cores of Buddhist Ethics: Dependent Origination, Protecting Life and　the Middle Path. “Dependent Origination”is generally known as“causes and conditions”, is the core and most fundamental principle. It is also the unique Buddhist ideology that distinct Buddhism from other religions in the world. All phenomena in the universe, be it human, events, matters or scenes (these are collectively called Dharma in Buddhism) , are not free from the law of“combination of causes and conditions”. “Protecting Life”is a moral principle that develops naturally from the Law of Dependent Origination. It based on three major principles:“putting oneself in others shoes”,“interdependency”, and“equality of all dharma nature”of the dependent originated phenomena.“putting oneself in others' shoes”is the morale ground for protecting life. This is named as the Golden Rule Theorem in ethical study. The ability of“putting oneself in others' shoes”is the moral entity that develops in accordance to the principle of“interdependency”and“equality of all dharma nature”of the dependent originated phenomena.