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This study argues on establishing new concept of life by minimizing bioethical conflicts with new paradigm, not to continue conflicts under the Western concept of life. Furthermore, it maintains that human being has to righteously settle own mind from anger, desire or illusion; to comprehend the structure of dependent origination, an original relation of lives, and to practice it in real life. The concept of life which is under the influence has to be converted to understand in our own way of thinking. However, change of way of thinking on life is not an easy task. If it is confined in ontological way of thinking, not in thorough relational way of thinking, then, it would have much more risk to be trapped in egocentric concept of life. The basic principle of bioethics of Won-Buddhism is lying on the truth of Il-Won-Sang, thoroughgoing ethics of Fourfold Grace which emphasizing the relation inter-dependant life, and practicing the spirit of “Everywhere a Buddha Image, Every Act a Buddha Offering” which considers heaven and earth, the myriad things in heaven and earth as objects of Buddha offering.