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Author : Jeffrey Mann
Release : 2012-10-10
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 483/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis When Buddhists Attack by : Jeffrey Mann
Download or read book When Buddhists Attack written by Jeffrey Mann. This book was released on 2012-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ING_08 Review quote
Author : Vladimir Tikhonov
Release : 2012
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 960/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buddhism and Violence by : Vladimir Tikhonov
Download or read book Buddhism and Violence written by Vladimir Tikhonov. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a 'peaceful' religion. This volume demolishes this stereotype, and produces instead a coherent account of the modern Buddhist attitudes towards violence and warfare, which take into consideration both doctrinal logic of Buddhism and the socio-political situation in Asian Buddhist societies. The chapters in this book offer a deep analysis of 'Buddhist militarism' and Buddhist attitudes towards violence, grounded in an awareness of Buddhist doctrines and the recent history of nationalism. The international team of contributors includes scholars from Thailand, Japan, and Korea.
Author : Francis Wade
Release : 2017-08-15
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 308/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Myanmar's Enemy Within by : Francis Wade
Download or read book Myanmar's Enemy Within written by Francis Wade. This book was released on 2017-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades Myanmar has been portrayed as a case of good citizen versus bad regime – men in jackboots maintaining a suffocating rule over a majority Buddhist population beholden to the ideals of non-violence and tolerance. But in recent years this narrative has been upended. In June 2012, violence between Buddhists and Muslims erupted in western Myanmar, pointing to a growing divide between religious communities that before had received little attention from the outside world. Attacks on Muslims soon spread across the country, leaving hundreds dead, entire neighbourhoods turned to rubble, and tens of thousands of Muslims confined to internment camps. This violence, breaking out amid the passage to democracy, was spurred on by monks, pro-democracy activists and even politicians. In this gripping and deeply reported account, Francis Wade explores how the manipulation of identities by an anxious ruling elite has laid the foundations for mass violence, and how, in Myanmar’s case, some of the most respected and articulate voices for democracy have turned on the Muslim population at a time when the majority of citizens are beginning to experience freedoms unseen for half a century.
Author : Michael Jerryson
Release : 2010-01-08
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 836/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buddhist Warfare by : Michael Jerryson
Download or read book Buddhist Warfare written by Michael Jerryson. This book was released on 2010-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Release : 1992-07-15
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 500/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buddhism Betrayed? by : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Download or read book Buddhism Betrayed? written by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah. This book was released on 1992-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.
