Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights : Dissonances and Resonances

The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raise the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. The question applies both to the viola...

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Main Authors: Carmen Meinert, Hans-Bernd Zöllner
Format: Book
Published: transcript 2010
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