IHCS Contemporary Persian Literature 2383-0549 3 4 2014 02 20 SohrabSepehri’sInspiration from Asian Mysticism in the Field of Environmental Ethics SohrabSepehri’sInspiration from Asian Mysticism in the Field of Environmental Ethics 19 37 1044 . FA Zahra Parsapoor Assistant Professor at Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Farnaz Fotoohi M.A. graduate from Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Journal Article 2013 08 30 SohrabSepehri, Iranian Muslim nature-lovingpoet and artist, learned about ideas and<br />beliefs held in Far East in his travels to East Asian countries, an encounter which<br />gave his poems a hue of mysticism and ethics of Eastern religions. Hinduism,<br />Buddhism, Taoism and Zenismwere the major religions beliefs in Far East countries<br />(including China, India and Japan) which influenced Sepehri, particularly in the area<br />of ethics—an ethics which embraced the individual, the society and the biosphere.<br />This paper first looks at value-centered views in the field of environmental ethics<br />and then compares ideas related to ethics of earth in Sepehri’s poems with ideas from<br />Eastern religions. The study reveals that biosphere is a shared value focus both in<br />Sepehri’s poems and in Eastern religious views. SohrabSepehri, Iranian Muslim nature-lovingpoet and artist, learned about ideas and<br />beliefs held in Far East in his travels to East Asian countries, an encounter which<br />gave his poems a hue of mysticism and ethics of Eastern religions. Hinduism,<br />Buddhism, Taoism and Zenismwere the major religions beliefs in Far East countries<br />(including China, India and Japan) which influenced Sepehri, particularly in the area<br />of ethics—an ethics which embraced the individual, the society and the biosphere.<br />This paper first looks at value-centered views in the field of environmental ethics<br />and then compares ideas related to ethics of earth in Sepehri’s poems with ideas from<br />Eastern religions. The study reveals that biosphere is a shared value focus both in<br />Sepehri’s poems and in Eastern religious views. http://contemporarylit.ihcs.ac.ir/article_1044_28c6ba001025701d1477b5d1eadf7102.pdf