Buddhist Visions of the Good Life for All

Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I The ancient Buddhist world -- 1 A map of the good life: The 38 blessings of the Maṅgala Sutta -- 2 Compassion blesses...

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Auteur principal: King, Sallie B. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Milton Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Dans:Année: 2021
Collection/Revue:Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Ser.
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Buddhisme / Bonne vie / Geschichte 1900-
Sujets non-standardisés:B Electronic books
B Buddhism-Social aspects
B Quality of life-Religious aspects-Buddhism
B Recueil d'articles
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Erscheint auch als: 9780367561819
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Résumé:Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I The ancient Buddhist world -- 1 A map of the good life: The 38 blessings of the Maṅgala Sutta -- 2 Compassion blesses the compassionate: The basis of human flourishing in Buddhist thought and practice -- PART II The contemporary Buddhist world -- 3 Ambedkar's Buddhist vision: A social democratic republic -- 4 The good life as envisioned by A. T. Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya movement -- 5 The development of well-being: Gross National Happiness and Bhutan's vision for the ideal society -- 6 The good life: A Tibetan understanding -- 7 Venerable Pomnyun's Jungto Society: A Buddhist activist movement in South Korea -- 8 Thich Nhat Hanh and the nonviolent society -- 9 Tzu Chi: Buddhist compassion relief and the bodhisattva path to a good society -- 10 Japan's Soka Gakkai: Transforming the human spirit to save humanity from itself -- 11 Gary Snyder's vision -- 12 Mutual morality: Joanna Macy's vision of the Great Turning -- Index.
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ISBN:1000393593