Being benevolence: the social ethics of engaged Buddhism /
King, Sallie B.
Being benevolence: the social ethics of engaged Buddhism / Sallie B. King. - 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) - Topics in contemporary Buddhism . - Topics in contemporary Buddhism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-281) and index.
Building from tradition -- Engaged Buddhist ethical theory -- Individual and society -- Human rights -- Nonviolence and its limits -- Justice/reconciliation.
"Engaged Buddhism is the contemporary movement of nonviolent social and political activism found throughout the Buddhist world. Its ethical theory sees the world in terms of cause and effect, a view that discourages its practitioners from becoming adversaries, blaming or condemning one another. Its leaders include the Dalai Lama, head of the Tibetan liberation movement; Thich Nhat Hanh, a principal strategist of the Buddhist anti-war movement; A.T. Aryaratne, founder of Sri Lanka's grassroots development and peace movement; Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's democracy movement; and Venerable Maha Ghosananda, "the Cambodian Gandhi" and head of the Buddhist effort to heal that war torn country."--Jacket.
9780824861629 (electronic bk.) 0824861620 (electronic bk.)
Buddhism--Doctrines.
Buddhist ethics.
Buddhism--Social aspects.
Sozialethik.
Buddhismus.
Buddhism--Doctrines.
Buddhism--Social aspects.
Buddhist ethics.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Electronic books.
BQ4160 / .K56 2005eb
294.3/37
Being benevolence: the social ethics of engaged Buddhism / Sallie B. King. - 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) - Topics in contemporary Buddhism . - Topics in contemporary Buddhism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-281) and index.
Building from tradition -- Engaged Buddhist ethical theory -- Individual and society -- Human rights -- Nonviolence and its limits -- Justice/reconciliation.
"Engaged Buddhism is the contemporary movement of nonviolent social and political activism found throughout the Buddhist world. Its ethical theory sees the world in terms of cause and effect, a view that discourages its practitioners from becoming adversaries, blaming or condemning one another. Its leaders include the Dalai Lama, head of the Tibetan liberation movement; Thich Nhat Hanh, a principal strategist of the Buddhist anti-war movement; A.T. Aryaratne, founder of Sri Lanka's grassroots development and peace movement; Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's democracy movement; and Venerable Maha Ghosananda, "the Cambodian Gandhi" and head of the Buddhist effort to heal that war torn country."--Jacket.
9780824861629 (electronic bk.) 0824861620 (electronic bk.)
Buddhism--Doctrines.
Buddhist ethics.
Buddhism--Social aspects.
Sozialethik.
Buddhismus.
Buddhism--Doctrines.
Buddhism--Social aspects.
Buddhist ethics.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Electronic books.
BQ4160 / .K56 2005eb
294.3/37
