Engaged Buddhism : Buddhist liberation movements in Asia

by Christopher S. Queen

Paperback, 1996

Publication

Imprint: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996. Responsibility: edited by Christopher S. Queen and Sallie B. King. OCLC Number: 32431091. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xii, 446 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Features: Includes index.

Call number

Commentary / Queen

Barcode

BK-08013

ISBN

9780791428443

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Description: 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. -- from back cover

Table of Contents: Introduction : the shapes and sources of engaged Buddhism ; Dr. Ambedkar and the hermeneutics of Buddhist liberation / Christopher S. Queen --
TBMSG : a Dhamma revolution in contemporary India / Alan Sponberg --
A.T. Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka / George D. Bond --
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu : life and society through the natural eyes of voidness / Santikaro Bhikkhu --
Sulak Sivaraksa's Buddhist vision for renewing society / Donald K. Swearer --
Buddhist women and the nuns' order in Asia / Nancy J. Barnes --
Buddhist principles in the Tibetan Liberation Movement / José Ignacio Cabezón --
Thich Nhat Hanh and the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam : nondualism in action / Sallie B. King --
The Soka Gakkai : Buddhism and the creation of a harmonious and peaceful society / Daniel A. Metraux --
Conclusion : Buddhist social activism / Sallie B. King.

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Physical description

xii, 446 p.; 24 cm

Description

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.… (more)