Significance of Future generation
Synonyms: Upcoming generation, Next generation, Future offspring, Succeeding generation
In Dutch: Toekomstige generatie; In Finnish: Tuleva sukupolvi; In Spanish: Generación futura; In German: Zukünftige Generation; In Swedish: Framtida generation; In Malay: Generasi masa depan; In French: Génération future; In Malay: Generasi masa hadapan; In Portugese: Geração futura; In Italian: Generazione futura; In Polish: Przyszłe pokolenie
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Buddhist concept of 'Future generation'
In Buddhism, "Future generation" encompasses those who inherit cultural knowledge and karma. It includes future rebirths, those arising from current conditions, and those seeking enlightenment post-Buddha. It also includes those influenced by past actions and teachings.
From: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
(1) The audience for which the Buddha practices skillful means, ensuring that teachings remain relevant and understandable to practitioners.[1] (2) Indicates the knowledge of forthcoming lives which, unlike that of Buddhas, is imperfect in arhats and pratyekabuddhas.[2] (3) Refers to the line of beings that will arise from their current conditions and karmic actions.[3]
From: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva fundamental vow sutra
(1) Descendants of current beings who carry the karma of their actions into their next rebirths.[4]
From: Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
(1) People who will live in a time post-Buddha, who will be in need of the teachings to seek enlightenment.[5]
From: Patthanuddesa Dipani
(1) The succeeding groups of individuals who are influenced by the actions, teachings, and conditions established by prior generations.[6]
From: Patipada (path of practice)
(1) This refers to the people who will come after the present time, and this is a consideration for the impact of actions.[7]
From: Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies
(1) This phrase indicates the intended recipients of the cultural knowledge, including the craftsmanship of the temple, that the administrators seek to transmit.[8]
Hindu concept of 'Future generation'
In Hinduism, "Future generation" encompasses those inheriting cultural heritage, descendants impacted by familial actions, and upcoming scholars. It emphasizes preserving knowledge through digitization, biodiversity conservation, and documentation of traditions, including medicinal plants and local knowledge.
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) The ultimate goal of research is to conserve the information within manuscripts for those who will come after us.[9] (2) Future generations will benefit from the preservation and comprehensive documentation of medicinal plants, as the valuable knowledge may vanish once the local healers pass away.[10] (3) These can be impacted by epigenetic changes, and factors such as nutritional deficiencies, environmental toxins, and stress may trigger modifications.[11] (4) Biodiversity conservation can be learnt from the context - specific local knowledge and intergenerational transmission of knowledge, skills and strategies, concern for well-being of future generations.[12] (5) Those who will inherit the cultural heritage of the past, and for whom the preservation and accessibility of manuscripts through digitization is crucial, ensuring that knowledge and traditions are passed on.[13]
The concept of Future generation in local and regional sources
"Future generations" encompasses diverse groups: those benefiting from past actions (kings' deeds, lessons), appreciating future works, inheriting resources, and striving for ideals. They are recipients of spiritual forces, inheritors of knowledge, and those expected to carry on legacies, including the preservation of knowledge and hopes for a better future.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) We are at the cross-roads of a difficult and uneasy choice, not only for ourselves, but for the sake of future generations, too, as modern Utopias highlight.[14] (2) Future generations represent those who will inherit the world and its knowledge, and the text warns that they will not forgive a lack of safeguarding of ancient knowledge.[15] (3) These are the people to whom the free floating human atom of the industrial democracies feels virtually no obligation, as stated in the text.[16] (4) Represents Bharati's legacy of hope and inspiration passed down to younger people for a brighter future.[17] (5) The group of people who will live in the times to come, whose thoughts and actions are hoped to align with ideals of awakening and appreciation.[18]
From: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(1) This refers to the people who will come after the author's time, for whom Ramakrishna's life is a lesson.[19] (2) Each will have to supply and hand down to future generations what it has for the future accomplishment of that dream of ages — the harmony of nations, an ideal world, as mentioned in the text.[20] (3) These people will try if they can carry out the ideas of building a temple and Math, if the current individual does not live long enough to do it.[21] (4) Future generations are the recipients of the spiritual force, which the Guru transmits through successive links of the Guru and Shishya, ensuring the continuity of spiritual influence over time.[22]
From: Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang)
(1) This is a group of people for whose good the king's evil deeds will be declared fully, under the form of Jatakas.[23]
The concept of Future generation in scientific sources
"Future generation" encompasses those living in the future, affected by today's actions and choices. It highlights ensuring their well-being, health, and access to quality education. This includes considerations for the environment, healthcare, drug resistance, and professional development.
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Future generations need to be considered when making waste management plans, so that their ability to meet their own needs is not compromised.[24] (2) The Special Issue is looking for a boundless sense of responsibility and mission of scientists for the sustainability of groundwater resources for this demographic.[25] (3) Ensuring that Sindh fisheries remain sustainable for future generations requires taking steps to protect these valuable resources and promote responsible fishing practices in the region.[26] (4) It is something that society, higher education leaders, and policymakers must ensure meet their needs for decent work.[27] (5) Future generations should not be harmed by what is done now, as the sustainable part of the sustainable development paradigm implies this important factor.[28]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Participants expressed a fear that their immediate environment could be built upon, and the mere knowledge that this could potentially happen affected their well-being negatively and the well-being of "future generations".[29] (2) It is a set of wider concerns people express about climate change and involves what Abate refers to as the voiceless.[30] (3) Traditional/ancestral foods connect people to future generations, emphasizing the importance of passing on cultural knowledge and practices related to food.[31] (4) These individuals will be affected by the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and global sustainability. It is important to bear in mind the importance of healthy living for them.[32] (5) Passing on cultural knowledge about health and wellbeing to children was also identified as important for ensuring the wellbeing of future generations.[33]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) Those who will live in the future, and the author hopes that the history of the physiotherapy profession will not be forgotten by them.[34] (2) We will not be able to produce that this of properly adjusted humanity, until the factors that cause the reflex and conscious aspects of body movement to conflict, instead of to collaborate with one another during intra- and extra-embryonic growth become more generally understood; and thus capable of being reproduced correctly, indicating a time.[35] (3) This refers to the upcoming practitioners, and the training of these individuals could be negatively impacted by any attempt to steer the economic system towards a particular model.[36]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) It is important that African Medical Institutions embrace an evidence-based model of bedside teaching so as to ensure these are not denied these important learning opportunities.[37] (2) This phrase emphasizes the importance of ensuring the quality of future generations, which is linked to preventing stunting incidents, so that Indonesia can compete with other nations and overcome future challenges.[38]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) These are the people who will experience the consequences of actions taken today, and safeguarding their health means that the declining state of planet Earth can no longer be ignored.[39]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) This refers to the people who will be affected by the choices made today regarding global drug resistance and the need for responsible action.[40]
From: South African Journal of HIV Medicine
(1) This refers to the impact of current health practices and interventions on the well-being of future individuals, especially concerning nutrition.[41]
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) Those who will come after the present generation, and the potential effects of cannabis use on these generations are discussed.[42]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) The importance of providing for these to have a liveable environment needs to be constantly remembered.[43] (2) There is a tendency in the Vatican to postpone dealing with the precise meaning of the term, leaving it to this.[44] (3) These are the people who will live after us, and the text discusses the difficulty of including their interests in contract theories, compared to the inclusion in biblical covenants.[45] (4) The descendants who will inherit the consequences of current actions, requiring responsibility and accountability.[46] (5) These are the descendants who will inherit the nation's legacy, considered the national heritage of Russia and a priority for development.[47]
From: Religious Inquiries (Journal)
(1) These are the generations that the environment is protected not due to its intrinsic value rather for the sake of the future generations and the principle of the analogically graded unity considers the nature and the environment of intrinsic value.[48] (2) Abraham looks at having children through its long term results and considers future generations, praying not only for his direct children but for all his descendants.[49] (3) Future generations have no claim on our responsibility, according to ethical egoism, and there is no obligation to preserve natural resources for their use.[50]
Classical concept of 'Future generation'
From: Ancient Egypt the Light of the World
(1) They are the Hamemet, the unembodied or un-mummied beings to whom the glorified spirits extend their welcome in the garden of beginning.[51]