The Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign is a proposition for living in the 21st century and also a way to implement the four kinds of environmentalism.

Some might ask, “Why do the four kinds of environmentalism have to do with Buddhism?” Actually the “spirit” spoken of in the protection  of the spiritual environment refers to the mind, which is the essence of the Buddhadharma. As for the protection of the social environment, Buddhism places great emphasis on etiquette, including following the vinaya, maintaining deportment, and keeping precepts. It can even be said that observing rules and etiquette is the basic foundation of Buddhism. Protecting the living environment is part of making Buddhism relevant to daily life. Turning to protection of the natural environment, we find that, according to Buddhism, a person’s body and mind are direct karmic retribution and the environment she lives in is circumstantial retribution. Direct and circumstantial retribution form one’s place of practice. Every person uses her direct retribution to practice within her circumstantial retribution. Thus one must care for the environment just as one would for her own body. Thus the fundamental essence of each of the four kinds of environmentalism is Buddhism.