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This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.

Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

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This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are... Read more

    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/07/1992
    ISBN13: 9780226789507, 978-0226789507
    ISBN10: 0226789500

    Number of Pages: 224

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.

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