| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Michael Jerryson -- Buddhism and war / Paul Demiéville -- Making merit through warfare according to the Ārya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upāyaviṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra / Stephen Jenkins -- Sacralized warfare : the fifth Dalai Lama and the discourse of religious violence / Derek F. Maher -- Legalized violence: punitive measures of Buddhist Khans in Mongolia / Vesna A. Wallace -- A Buddhological critique of "soldier-zen" in wartime Japan / Brian Daizen Victoria -- Buddhists in China during the Korean War (1951-1953) / Xue Yu -- Onward Buddhist soldiers: preaching to the Sri Lankan army / Daniel W. Kent -- Militarizing Buddhism: violence in southern Thailand / Michael Jerryson / Afterthoughts / Bernard Faure |
| Summary |
Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have used religious images and rhetoric to support military conquest throughout history. Buddhist soldiers in sixth century China were given the illustrious status of Bodhisattva after killing their adversaries. In seventeenth century Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama endo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
War -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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War -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jerryson, Michael K.
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Juergensmeyer, Mark.
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| ISBN |
9780199741380 |
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0199741387 |
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