Compassion, Self-Sacrifice, and Karma in Warfare: Buddhist Discourse on Warfare as an Ethical and Soteriological Instruction for Warriors

In premodern warrior societies, religions often provided the institutional basis for an ethics and soteriology for warriors, for whom fighting was a social role. This paper examines a Buddhist case in ancient India. I focus particularly on the discourse related to warfare in the middle-late period M...

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Auteur principal: Sugiki, Tsunehiko (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: MDPI [2020]
Dans: Religions
Année: 2020, Volume: 11, Numéro: 2
Sujets non-standardisés:B Satyakaparivarta
B Buddhism
B Violence
B warrior
B Compassion
B Soteriology
B Self-sacrifice
B Warfare
B Karma
B Military
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