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200 00$aBuddhist warfare$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (270 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Buddhism and War; 2. Making Merit through Warfare According to the A?rya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upa?yavisaya-vikurvana-nirdes?a 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
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330   $aThough 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
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