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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825976203321

Titolo

Buddhist warfare / / edited by Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-36762-5

9786612367625

0-19-974138-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JerrysonMichael K

JuergensmeyerMark

Disciplina

294.3/37273

294.34

Soggetti

War - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Violence - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Buddhism and War; 2. Making Merit through Warfare According to the Ārya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upāyavisaya-vikurvana-nirdeśa Sutra; 3. Sacralized Warfare: The Fifth Dalai Lama and the Discourse of Religious Violence; 4. Legalized Violence: Punitive Measures of Buddhist Khans in Mongolia; 5. A Buddhological Critique of "Soldier-Zen" in Wartime Japan; 6. Buddhists in China during the Korean War (1951-1953); 7. Onward Buddhist Soldiers: Preaching to the Sri Lankan Army; 8. Militarizing Buddhism: Violence in Southern Thailand; Afterthoughts; Appendix

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have used religious images and rhetoric to support military conquest throughout history. Buddhist soldiers in sixth century China were given the illustrious status of Bodhisattva after killing their adversaries. In



seventeenth century Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama endo