Buddhist Warfare

Buddhist Warfare PDF Author: Michael Jerryson
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195394836
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Book Description
This book offers eight essays examining the dark side of a tradition often regarded as the religion of peace. The authors note the conflict between the Buddhist norms of non-violence and the prohibition of the killing of sentient beings and acts of state violence supported by the Buddhist community (sangha), acts of civil violence in which monks participate, and Buddhist intersectarian violence.