Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in AsiaChristopher S. Queen, Sallie B. King SUNY Press, 14 mars 1996 - 446 pages This is the first comprehensive study of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in the lands of its origin. Nine accounts of contemporary movements in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan are framed by interpretive essays. The historical development and institutional forms of engaged Buddhism are considered in the light of traditional Buddhist conceptions of morality, interdependence, and liberation; and Western ideas of freedom, human rights, and democracy. Engaged Buddhism presents ordained and lay Buddhist activists like Thich Nhat Hanh of Vietnam, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu and Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand, A. T. Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya Shramadana movement of Sri Lanka, Daisaku Ikeda and the Soka Gakkai movement of Japan, followers of the Indian Untouchable leader, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, and Buddhist women throughout Asia. These leaders have campaigned relentlessly, attracted and organized millions of new converts, faced death threats, landed in jail, founded schools and universities, and produced a massive new Buddhist literature to restore social and economic justice to their societies. |
Table des matières
Dr Ambedkar and the Hermeneutics | 45 |
A Dhamma Revolution | 73 |
A T Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya Shramadana | 121 |
Life and Society Through | 147 |
Sulak Sivaraksas Buddhist Vision for Renewing | 195 |
Buddhist Women and the Nuns Order in Asia | 259 |
Buddhist Principles in the Tibetan Liberation | 295 |
Buddhism and the Creation | 365 |
Buddhist Social Activism | 401 |
Contributors | 437 |
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action activist activities Ajarn Buddhadasa Ambedkar Ambedkarite American Ariyaratne Asia Asian B. R. Ambedkar Bangkok bhikshuni bhikshuni sangha Buddha Buddhadasa Bhikkhu Buddhist revival Buddhist social Buddhist women Chinese Christian contemporary critical cultural Dalai Lama dasa sil matavo democracy Dhamma Dhammic Socialism Dharmapala dhism dhist doctrine dukkha economic engaged Buddhism ethical ex-Untouchable Four Noble Truths goal groups Hanh's Hindu human Ibid India Japan Japanese Kabilsingh karma Komeito laity leaders lives mae ji Mahayana meditation ment modern monastic monks moral Nature Nichiren Shoshu nonviolence order members ordination organizations Pali path peace Phra political practice precepts Press principles problems programs Quang reform religion religious Saigon sangha Sangharakshita Sarvodaya Siamese socially engaged society Soka Gakkai spiritual Sri Lanka struggle Suan Mokkh suffering Sulak Sivaraksa TBMSG teachings Thai Thailand Theravada Thich Nhat Hanh Tibet Tibetan tion University Untouchables Vietnam Vietnamese village Vinaya vision