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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

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    A Paperback / softback by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

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