LEADER 03058nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910825976203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-36762-5 010 $a9786612367625 010 $a0-19-974138-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002229 035 $a(EBL)472143 035 $a(OCoLC)515539074 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290548 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911111 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290548 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409911 035 $a(PQKB)11741116 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472143 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472143 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358416 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236762 035 $a(OCoLC)317361820 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB163809 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002229 100 $a20090320d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBuddhist warfare /$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. 311 $a0-19-539484-4 311 $a0-19-539483-6 320 $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 327 $aBibliographyIndex 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 606 $aWar$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 606 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 615 0$aWar$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 615 0$aViolence$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 676 $a294.3/37273 676 $a294.34 701 $aJerryson$b Michael K$01637022 701 $aJuergensmeyer$b Mark$0451036 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825976203321 996 $aBuddhist warfare$93978593 997 $aUNINA