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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">yearbookjapan</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Ежегодник Япония</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Yearbook Japan</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2687-1432</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2687-1440</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Association of Japanologists and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.55105/2687-1440-2025-54-240-266</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">yearbookjapan-486</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КУЛЬТУРА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CULTURE</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Карма, энергия и устойчивость: этико-религиозные аспекты «зеленой политики» на примере японской новой религии Сэйтё-но Иэ</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Karma, Energy, and Sustainability: Ethical and Religious Aspects of Green Politics in the Japanese New Religion of Seicho-no Ie</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4934-0483</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шехтер</surname><given-names>А. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shechter</surname><given-names>A. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Шехтер Александр Геннадьевич, младший научный сотрудник</p><p>Москва, 107031, ул. Рождественка, д. 12</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Shechter Alexander G., Junior Researcher</p><p>12, Rozhdestvenka St., Moscow, 107031</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">Jaller23rus@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4623-6508</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рамеев</surname><given-names>О. Б.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Rameev</surname><given-names>O. B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Рамеев Оскар Батуевич, младший научный сотрудник</p><p>Москва, 117418, Нахимовский проспект, д. 51/21</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Rameev Oskar B., Junior Researcher</p><p>51/21, Nakhimovsky Av., Moscow, 117418</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">mr.rameev@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт востоковедения РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт научной информации по общественным наукам РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of RAS</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>54</volume><issue>0</issue><fpage>240</fpage><lpage>266</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Шехтер А.Г., Рамеев О.Б., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Шехтер А.Г., Рамеев О.Б.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Shechter A.G., Rameev O.B.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.yearbookjapan.ru/jour/article/view/486">https://www.yearbookjapan.ru/jour/article/view/486</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье анализируется соотношение между религиозной этикой новой японской религии Сэйтё:-но Иэ и современными принципами «зеленой повестки», включая концепцию устойчивого развития. Исследование опирается на сопоставление ключевых доктринальных положений Сэйтё:-но Иэ с нормативной рамкой экологической политики Японии, в частности – с реализацией Целей устойчивого развития (ЦУР), стратегией «Зеленой трансформации» (GX), а также рядом национальных инициатив в области озеленения и декарбонизации. Показано, что движение Сэйтё:-но Иэ предлагает оригинальную форму экологической этики, встраивая проблематику устойчивости в структуру религиозного мышления и концепцию кармы, а потому не просто резонирует с официальной «зеленой повесткой», но и углубляет ее духовно-нравственное содержание.</p><p>Особое внимание уделяется критике индустриального образа жизни, ископаемой энергетики и атомных электростанций. Объекты этой критики в учении Сэйтё:-но Иэ рассматриваются как формы индивидуальной и коллективной дурной кармы. Эти представления подкреплены понятием, связывающим загрязнение природы с духовной деградацией, которое основывается на божественном откровении основателя религии Танигути Масахару под названием «Божественное откровение о зажигателях семи светильников». Там можно отыскать фразу «Благодарите мириады вещей неба и земли!», которая и стала доктринальным обоснованием поддержки инициативы по сохранению окружающей среды.</p><p>В статье подробно рассмотрены духовные практики, архитектурные инициативы («Офис в лесу») и продвижение вегетарианства как этической и экологической нормы, вносящие вклад в формирование особой экологической религиозности. Подчеркивается, что концепция межпоколенческой справедливости в учении Танигути Масанобу получает особую религиозную глубину благодаря доктрине перерождений, согласно которой человек, причиняющий вред окружающей среде, потенциально обрекает на страдание самого себя в будущей жизни.</p><p>На материале полевого исследования и текстов вероучения показано, что Сэйтё:-но Иэ может быть интерпретирована как форма глубинного экологизма в духе Э. Добсона, в которой ценность природы и необходимость ее охраны имеют не утилитарное, а онтологическое и этическое основание. Статья делает вклад в осмысление роли религии в расширении горизонтов экологического мышления.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article analyses relations between the religious ethics of the new Japanese religion Seichō-no Ie and contemporary principles of the Green Agenda, including the concept of sustainable development. The study is based on a comparison of key doctrinal statements of Seichō-no Ie with the normative framework of Japan’s environmental policy, in particular the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Green Transformation (GX) strategy, and a number of national greening and decarbonization initiatives. It is shown that the Seichō-no Ie movement offers an original form of environmental ethics, embedding sustainability in the structure of religious thinking and the concept of karma, and, therefore, not only resonates with the official “green agenda,” but also deepens its spiritual and moral content.</p><p>Particular attention is paid to the criticism of industrial lifestyles, fossil energy, and nuclear power plants, which, in the teachings of Seichō-no Ie, are seen as a form of bad individual and collective karma. These views are underpinned by a notion linking the pollution of nature to spiritual degradation. It is based on a divine revelation by the founder of the religion, Taniguchi Masaharu, entitled “Divine Messages on the Lighter of the Seven Golden Candlesticks.” There, one can find the phrase “Be grateful to everything in the Universe!,” which has become the doctrinal rationale for supporting the environmental cause.</p><p>The article elaborates on spiritual practices, architectural initiatives (“Office in the Forest”), and the promotion of vegetarianism as an ethical and environmental norm, which contribute to the formation of a specific environmental religiosity. It is emphasized that the concept of intergenerational justice in the teachings of Taniguchi Masanobu is given a special religious depth by the doctrine of rebirths, according to which a person who harms the environment potentially condemns themselves to suffering in a future life.</p><p>On the basis of field research and texts of the doctrine, it is shown that Seichō‑no Ie can be interpreted as a form of deep environmentalism, in regards with E. Dobson’s green theory, in which the value of nature and the need to protect it have not utilitarian but ontological and ethical grounds. The article contributes to the understanding of the role of religion in expanding the horizons of environmental thought.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>устойчивое развитие</kwd><kwd>«зеленая политика»</kwd><kwd>Сэйтё:-но Иэ</kwd><kwd>религия и экология</kwd><kwd>карма</kwd><kwd>Япония</kwd><kwd>новые религиозные движения</kwd><kwd>энергетическая этика.</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>sustainable development</kwd><kwd>environmental policy</kwd><kwd>Seichō-no Ie</kwd><kwd>religion and ecology</kwd><kwd>karma</kwd><kwd>Japan</kwd><kwd>new religious movements</kwd><kwd>energy ethics</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Buswell, R. E., Jr. (Ed.). (2004). Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Buswell, R. E., Jr. (Ed.). (2004). Encyclopedia of Buddhism. 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