Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights Dissonances and Resonances
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 viola...
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Language: | English |
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Bielefeld
transcript Verlag
2010
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