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.
Schlagworte
Publikation durchsuchen
Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2015
Copyrightjahr
2015
ISBN-Print
978-3-8376-1263-9
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-1263-3
Verlag
transcript, Bielefeld
Reihe
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
Different Cultures and the Universality of Human RightsSeiten 21 - 40 Alfred Hirsch Download Kapitel (PDF)
Buddhismand the Idea of Human Rights. Resonances and DissonancesSeiten 41 - 62 Perry Schmidt-Leukel Download Kapitel (PDF)
Theravāda Buddhismand Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai BuddhismSeiten 63 - 92 Martin Seeger Download Kapitel (PDF)
The Purification of the Mind and the Encounter with Those who Suffer. A Christian View of Buddhismand Human RightsSeiten 93 - 112 Kenneth Fleming Download Kapitel (PDF)
Is Mahāyāna Buddhism a Humanism? Some Remarks on Buddhismin ChinaSeiten 113 - 124 Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer Download Kapitel (PDF)
Buddhist Responses to State Control of Religion in China at the Century''s TurnSeiten 125 - 158 Shi Zhiru Download Kapitel (PDF)
Translations of Human Rights. Tibetan ContextsSeiten 159 - 178 Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, Trine Brox Download Kapitel (PDF)
aus der Reihe "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"
