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Buddhist Responses to Violence and War

Resources for a Socially Engaged Spirituality

Saybrook Institute, 1550 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94109.

In this article, Buddhist resources for a socially engaged spirituality are identified by outlining classical and contemporary Buddhist responses to violence and war. The basic teachings of the Buddha on violence and killing as well as transformative practices designed to eliminate the roots of violence are examined, considering also some historical Buddhist departures from nonviolence. Contemporary "engaged" Buddhism and its expansion of traditional teachings and practices to apply to contemporary social settings are discussed. The article closes with a discussion of some concerns and problems related to this latter approach.

Violence never ceases through hatred. It is only through love that it ceases. This is an ancient law.

-Gautama Buddha, in the Dhammapada

Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 4, 41-75 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0022167892324004


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