Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism

by Sallie B. King

Book Overview

Engaged Buddhism is the contemporary movement of nonviolent social and political activism found throughout the Buddhist world. Its ethical theory sees the world in terms of cause and effect, a view that discourages its practitioners from becoming adversaries, blaming or condemning the other. Its leaders make some of the most important contributions in the Buddhist world to thinking about issues in political theory, human rights, nonviolence, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824829352
• ISBN13: 9780824829353
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"