Why the Dalai Lama Is a Socialist: Buddhism and the Compassionate Society

by Terry Gibbs

Book Overview

"I am a socialist," declared the Dalai Lama to the surprise of many recently. Though Buddhists and socialists both might be perplexed at the suggestion that their approaches to life share fundamental principles, important figures in Buddhism have increasingly been framing contemporary social and economic problems in distinctly socialist terms. In this innovative and provocative work, Terry Gibbs argues that the shared values expressed in each tradition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783606444
• ISBN13: 9781783606443
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"