게리 스나이더의 시에 나타난 상생과 불교사상

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the interdependent life and Zen Buddhist notion in Gary Snyder's early poetry. Snyder's ecological consciousness of the interdependence of all life forms is based on the American Indian mythology and Zen Buddhism. Through Zen Buddhist teachings, he comes to advance his perception of the interdependence of human and nature and to pay regard to all life forms and wild nature. He thinks that this interdependence is the only way for the human survival. In his poetry, he expresses a scientific and Zen Buddhist belief that all life forms are interdependent on one another and are interlinked with one great life network. In the Myth & Texts, he exhibits an ecological understanding of the unity of all life based on Zen Buddhist teachings. And also he holds that the development of a harmonious relationship with human and nature is necessary for survival. In "Hunting," his view of hunting is "not that we're cruel--/But a man's got to eat.” From this point of view, the process of energy acquisition and consumption is complementary and circular. And his equation of energy consumption and acquisition reveals Buddhist understanding of the unity of all life forms. This means the harmonious and communal life between human and other life forms. His poetry makes the reader love the wild nature and promote the perception of the interdependence of all life forms.