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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 endorsed a Mongol ruler's killing of his rivals. And in modern-day Thailand, Buddhist soldiers carry out their duties undercover, as fully ordained monks armed with guns. Buddhist Warfare demonstrates that the discourse on religion and violence, usually applied to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, can no longer exclude Buddhist traditions. The book examines Buddhist military action in Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and shows that even the most unlikely and allegedly pacifist religious traditions are susceptible to the violent tendencies of man.


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  • Author : Michael Jerryson
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Total Pages : 272 pages
  • ISBN : 9780199741380
  • PDF File Size : 37,9 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 3.5/5 from 3 reviews

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Buddhist Warfare

Buddhist Warfare
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • File Size : 28,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 08 January 2010
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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

Buddhist Warfare

Buddhist Warfare
  • Publisher : OUP USA
  • File Size : 52,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 08 January 2010
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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

Buddhist Fury

Buddhist Fury
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • File Size : 42,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 28 July 2011
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Buddhism and Violence

Buddhism and Violence
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 54,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 29 March 2024
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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • File Size : 36,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 March 2018
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It is said that the famous ninth century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." The deliberately confounding statement

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  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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  • Release Date : 22 June 2006
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A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism

Buddhism and Violence

Buddhism and Violence
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 47,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 10 September 2012
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It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a ‘peaceful’ religion. The Western public tends to assume that the doctrinal rejection of violence in Buddhism would make Buddhist

Buddhist Extremists and Muslim Minorities

Buddhist Extremists and Muslim Minorities
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  • Release Date : 29 March 2024
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When the civil war in Sri Lanka between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamils ended in 2009, many Sri Lankans and foreign observers alike hoped to see the re-establishment of relatively harmonious religious

Buddhism and Violence

Buddhism and Violence
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Contributed articles presented at the 13th Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies held in Bangkok, Dec. 2002.

Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism

Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism
  • Publisher : Pariyatti Publishing
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  • Release Date : 01 January 2002
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, this thought-provoking essay explores the Buddha's teaching to find one prescription: not war, not pacifism but nonviolence.