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Being benevolence: the social ethics of engaged Buddhism /

"Engaged Buddhism is the contemporary movement of nonviolent social and political activism found throughout the Buddhist world. Its ethical theory sees the world in terms of cause and effect, a view that discourages its practitioners from becoming adversaries, blaming or condemning one another....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: King, Sallie B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, 2005.
Series:Topics in contemporary Buddhism.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Building from tradition
  • Engaged Buddhist ethical theory
  • Individual and society
  • Human rights
  • Nonviolence and its limits
  • Justice/reconciliation.