num_pages: 254
description: One of the aims of this volume is to provide material, based on critical, unbiased research illustrating the fact that, at particular moments in their history and in certain aspects of their doctrines, the traditions of Buddhism, like other religious traditions, have actively or passively promoted - and may continue to promote - violent modes of behaviour or structural violence. The articles in this volume cover an extremely broad spectrum of the Buddhist world in term of regions and periods. They deal with aspects of violence starting in India before the Common Era and ranging to the support of Japnese militarism by Buddhist leadersand scholars far into the twentieth century.Summary:"The Path of Bodhisattva and the Creation of Oppressive Cultures" - By Francis Brassard"Views of Suicide in Buddhism: Some Remarks" - By Martin Delhy"Evil Monks With Good Intentions? Remarks on Buddhist Monastic Violence and It's Doctrinal Background" - By Christoph Klein"Between the Profane and the Sacred? On the Context of the Rite of "Liberation" (Sgrol ba)" - By Carmen Meinert"Compassionate Killing or Conflict Resolution? The Murder of King Langdarma according to Tibetan Buddhist Sources" - By Jens Schlieter"D.T. Suzuki and Japanese Militarism: Supporter or Opponent?" - By Brian Victoria"Buddhism and Killing of Animals in Premodern Japan" - By Klaus Vollmer"Only a Fool Becomes a King; Buddhist Stances on Punishment" - By Michael Zimmermann
language: English
title: Buddhism and Violence
titlecomplete: Buddhism and Violence (Publications of the Lumbini International Research Institute, Nepal)
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Reichert Verlag