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Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights : Dissonances and Resonances / ed. by Hans-Bernd Zöllner, Carmen Meinert.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization ; 3Publisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2015]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1. AuflDescription: 1 online resource (248 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783839412633
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 294.337
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.H78
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Different Cultures and the Universality of Human Rights -- Buddhismand the Idea of Human Rights. Resonances and Dissonances -- Theravāda Buddhismand Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai Buddhism -- The Purification of the Mind and the Encounter with Those who Suffer. A Christian View of Buddhismand Human Rights -- Is Mahāyāna Buddhism a Humanism? Some Remarks on Buddhismin China -- Buddhist Responses to State Control of Religion in China at the Century's Turn -- Translations of Human Rights. Tibetan Contexts -- Human Rights and Exile-Tibetan Politics -- Women's Rights in the Vajrayāna Tradition -- Bibliography -- Index -- Authors
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Different Cultures and the Universality of Human Rights -- Buddhismand the Idea of Human Rights. Resonances and Dissonances -- Theravāda Buddhismand Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai Buddhism -- The Purification of the Mind and the Encounter with Those who Suffer. A Christian View of Buddhismand Human Rights -- Is Mahāyāna Buddhism a Humanism? Some Remarks on Buddhismin China -- Buddhist Responses to State Control of Religion in China at the Century's Turn -- Translations of Human Rights. Tibetan Contexts -- Human Rights and Exile-Tibetan Politics -- Women's Rights in the Vajrayāna Tradition -- Bibliography -- Index -- Authors

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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.

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