Is Violence Justified in Theravada Buddhism?
Focusing on three kinds of textual sources of Theravada Buddhism (the Pali canon, postcanonical Pali chronicles and medieval Sinhala literature), this paper examines whether there is any justification of violence in Theravada Buddhism. Though Buddhism has recognized the relative merits of the use of...
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| Language: | English |
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WUFI
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Social Affairs |
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| Online Access: | http://socialaffairsjournal.com/Achive/Fall_2014/4_SAJ_1(1)Deegalle.pdf |