Contributions

  • Zöllner, Hans-Bernd - Contributor
  • Meinert, Carmen - Contributor

Publication

2010 - transcript Verlag, Bielefeld

Language

English

Word Count

62,000 words, Guess

Page Count

248 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139783839412633
  • ISBN-139783837612639
  • ISBN-103839412633
  • ISBN-103837612635
  • OCLC Control Number495276895
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9783837612639
  • Better World Books9783839412633
  • Open LibraryOL31369625M

Classifications

  • LCCBQ4570.H78 B83 2010

Description

The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raise the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. The question applies both to the violation of basic rights in Buddhist countries and to the defence of those rights which are well-grounded in Buddhist teachings. The volume provides academic essays that reflect this up to now rather neglected issue from the point of view of the three main Buddhist traditions, Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. It provides multi-faceted and surprising insights into a rather unlikely relationship.

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