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Engaged Buddhism : Buddhist liberation movements in Asia / edited by Christopher S. Queen and Sallie B. King.

Contributor(s): Queen, Christopher S, 1945- | King, Sallie B
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Description: xii, 446 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0791428443 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0791428435 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Buddhism -- Social aspects -- AsiaDDC classification: 294.3/378/095 LOC classification: BQ270 | .E54 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the shapes and sources of engaged Buddhism ; Dr. Ambedkar and the hermeneutics of Buddhist liberation / Christopher S. Queen -- TBMSG : a Dhamma revolution in contemporary India / Alan Sponberg -- A.T. Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka / George D. Bond -- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu : life and society through the natural eyes of voidness / Santikaro Bhikkhu -- Sulak Sivaraksa's Buddhist vision for renewing society / Donald K. Swearer -- Buddhist women and the nuns' order in Asia / Nancy J. Barnes -- Buddhist principles in the Tibetan Liberation Movement / José Ignacio Cabezón -- Thich Nhat Hanh and the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam : nondualism in action / Sallie B. King -- The Soka Gakkai : Buddhism and the creation of a harmonious and peaceful society / Daniel A. Metraux -- Conclusion : Buddhist social activism / Sallie B. King.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the shapes and sources of engaged Buddhism ; Dr. Ambedkar and the hermeneutics of Buddhist liberation / Christopher S. Queen -- TBMSG : a Dhamma revolution in contemporary India / Alan Sponberg -- A.T. Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka / George D. Bond -- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu : life and society through the natural eyes of voidness / Santikaro Bhikkhu -- Sulak Sivaraksa's Buddhist vision for renewing society / Donald K. Swearer -- Buddhist women and the nuns' order in Asia / Nancy J. Barnes -- Buddhist principles in the Tibetan Liberation Movement / José Ignacio Cabezón -- Thich Nhat Hanh and the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam : nondualism in action / Sallie B. King -- The Soka Gakkai : Buddhism and the creation of a harmonious and peaceful society / Daniel A. Metraux -- Conclusion : Buddhist social activism / Sallie B. King.

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