Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights
Dissonances and Resonances
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.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
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Table of Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Foreword
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Introduction
Seiten 9 - 20 -
Different Cultures and the Universality of Human Rights
Seiten 21 - 40 -
Buddhismand the Idea of Human Rights. Resonances and Dissonances
Seiten 41 - 62 -
Theravāda Buddhismand Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai Buddhism
Seiten 63 - 92 -
The Purification of the Mind and the Encounter with Those who Suffer. A Christian View of Buddhismand Human Rights
Seiten 93 - 112 -
Is Mahāyāna Buddhism a Humanism? Some Remarks on Buddhismin China
Seiten 113 - 124 -
Buddhist Responses to State Control of Religion in China at the Century's Turn
Seiten 125 - 158 -
Translations of Human Rights. Tibetan Contexts
Seiten 159 - 178 -
Human Rights and Exile-Tibetan Politics
Seiten 179 - 194 -
Women's Rights in the Vajrayāna Tradition
Seiten 195 - 210 -
Bibliography
Seiten 211 - 232 -
Index
Seiten 233 - 242 -
Authors
Seiten 243 - 246
27. Januar 2010, 248 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-1263-9
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