02426cmm a2200277 4500 214802806 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 090320s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780199741380 electronic bk. 0199741387 electronic bk. (OCoLC)515539074 CDX eng CDX N$T OCLCQ OSU YDXCP EBLCP IDEBK OCLCQ MHW UKMGB OCLCQ TxAuBib Buddhist warfare [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (xi, 257 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index. Introduction / Michael Jerryson -- Buddhism and war / Paul Demiéville -- Making merit through warfare according to the Ārya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upāyaviṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra / Stephen Jenkins -- Sacralized warfare : the fifth Dalai Lama and the discourse of religious violence / Derek F. Maher -- Legalized violence: punitive measures of Buddhist Khans in Mongolia / Vesna A. Wallace -- A Buddhological critique of "soldier-zen" in wartime Japan / Brian Daizen Victoria -- Buddhists in China during the Korean War (1951-1953) / Xue Yu -- Onward Buddhist soldiers: preaching to the Sri Lankan army / Daniel W. Kent -- Militarizing Buddhism: violence in southern Thailand / Michael Jerryson / Afterthoughts / Bernard Faure. Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have used religious images and rhetoric to support military conquest throughout history. Buddhist soldiers in sixth century China were given the illustrious status of Bodhisattva after killing their adversaries. In seventeenth century Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama endo. War Religious aspects Buddhism. Violence Religious aspects Buddhism. Religion Buddhism General. Electronic books. Jerryson, Michael K. Juergensmeyer, Mark. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=302370 EBSCOhost