inseparability of body/mind and environment
Buddhist concept that one's physical and mental state is inseparable from the land or environment one inhabits. Often contrasted with 正報 (direct karmic retribution on the individual) and 依報 (environmental karmic retribution).
According to the concept of shindofuni, humans and the natural environment are considered inseparable.
Refers to the direct karmic retribution on the individual (body and mind), while 身土不二 emphasizes the inseparability of that individual from the environment.
Refers to the environmental karmic retribution (the world one lives in), which is seen as inseparable from the individual in the 身土不二 view.
A Sino-Japanese term composed of 身 (body/mind), 土 (land/earth), 不二 (non-duality). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a Buddhist doctrinal expression.