02990nam 2200613Ia 450 991082597620332120240501145310.01-282-36762-597866123676250-19-974138-7(CKB)2550000000002229(EBL)472143(OCoLC)515539074(SSID)ssj0000290548(PQKBManifestationID)11911111(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290548(PQKBWorkID)10409911(PQKB)11741116(MiAaPQ)EBC472143(Au-PeEL)EBL472143(CaPaEBR)ebr10358416(CaONFJC)MIL236762(EXLCZ)99255000000000222920090320d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBuddhist warfare /edited by Michael Jerryson and Mark JuergensmeyerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-539484-4 0-19-539483-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; AppendixBibliographyIndexThough 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 endoWarReligious aspectsBuddhismViolenceReligious aspectsBuddhismWarReligious aspectsBuddhism.ViolenceReligious aspectsBuddhism.294.3/37273294.34Jerryson Michael K1637022Juergensmeyer Mark451036MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825976203321Buddhist warfare3978593UNINA