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Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Author : Nimmi N. Menike
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000570320
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka written by Nimmi N. Menike and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the idea of violence in the context of religion and literature. It addresses the question of freedom and peace, and violence, with reference to the Buddhist nationalist discourse in Sri Lanka, against the backdrop of Shyam Selvadurai’s novel, The Hungry Ghosts. The book discusses love, compassion, emancipation, ethics and responsibility through the concepts of identity, deconstruction and decolonization to view religion as language or writing. With a blend of philosophical insights from Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, Maurice Blanchot, and Mahatma Gandhi on ideas of being and the other, differences, nonviolence and forgiveness, it insists on the ethical exigency of reinventing Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Delving into some the central motifs of Selvadurai’s novel, suffering, desire, hate, and vengeance, it questions popular Sinhala Buddhist readings to argue for the promise of inclusive and diverse approaches towards various groups, linguistic communities, women, and homosexuality. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of literature and languages, South Asian literature, literary criticism and theory, linguistics, cultural studies, philosophy, religion, Buddhist studies, diaspora studies, and Sri Lankan literature and sociology.

Buddhism Betrayed?

Author : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226789500
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism Betrayed? written by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-07-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka

Author : Mahinda Deegalle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134241895
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Book Synopsis Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka by : Mahinda Deegalle

Download or read book Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka written by Mahinda Deegalle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, Buddhist studies and Pali examine multiple dimensions of the problem. Buddhist responses to the crisis are discussed in detail, along with how Buddhism can help to create peace in Sri Lanka. Evaluating the role of Buddhists and their institutions in bringing about an end to war and violence as well as possibly heightening the problem, this collection puts forward a critical analysis of the religious conditions contributing to continuing hostilities.

Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Author : Patrick Grant
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791493679
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Book Synopsis Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by : Patrick Grant

Download or read book Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka written by Patrick Grant and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Grant explores the relationship between Buddhism and violent ethnic conflict in modern Sri Lanka using the concept of "regressive inversion." Regressive inversion occurs when universal teaching, such as that of the Buddha, is redeployed to supercharge passions associated with the kinds of group loyalty that the universal teaching itself intends to transcend. The book begins with an account of the main teachings of Theravada Buddhism and looks at how these inform, or fail to inform, modern interpreters. Grant considers the writings of three key figures—Anagarika Dharmapala, Walpola Rahula, and J. R. Jayewardene—who addressed Buddhism and politics in the years leading up to Sri Lanka's political independence from Britain, and subsequently, in postcolonial Sri Lanka. This book makes the Sri Lankan conflict accessible to readers interested in the modern global phenomenon of ethnic violence involving religion and also illuminates similar conflicts around the world.

In Defense of Dharma

Author : Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113578857X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Book Synopsis In Defense of Dharma by : Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

Download or read book In Defense of Dharma written by Tessa J. Bartholomeusz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. An important contribution to the understanding of the power of religion to create both peace and war.

Popularizing Buddhism

Author : Mahinda Deegalle
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791481026
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Popularizing Buddhism written by Mahinda Deegalle and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the ritual practice of Buddhist preaching.

Anil's Ghost

Author : Michael Ondaatje
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307375897
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Anil's Ghost written by Michael Ondaatje and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning a Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Anil’s Ghost is another award-winning novel from Michael Ondaatje. Steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition, Sri Lanka has been ravaged in the late twentieth century by bloody civil war. Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka but educated in England and the U.S., is sent by an international human rights group to participate in an investigation into suspected mass political murders in her homeland. Working with an archaeologist, she discovers a skeleton whose identity takes Anil on a fascinating journey that involves a riveting mystery. What follows, in a novel rich with character, emotion, and incident, is a story about love and loss, about family, identity and the unknown enemy. And it is a quest to unlock the hidden past—like a handful of soil analyzed by an archaeologist, the story becomes more diffuse the farther we reach into history. A universal tale of the casualties of war, unfolding as a detective story, the book gradually gives way to a more intricate exploration of its characters, a symphony of loss and loneliness haunted by a cast of solitary strangers and ghosts. The atrocities of a seemingly futile, muddled war are juxtaposed against the ancient, complex and ultimately redemptive culture and landscape of Sri Lanka.

Buddhism Betrayed?

Author : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226789491
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (894 download)

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Book Synopsis Buddhism Betrayed? by : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Download or read book Buddhism Betrayed? written by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-07-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Militant Buddhism

Author : Peter Lehr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030035174
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Militant Buddhism written by Peter Lehr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of ‘why’ and ‘how’ around it. We are well aware of Christian fundamentalism, militant Judaism and Islamist Salafism-Jihadism. Extremist and violent Buddhism however features only rarely in book-length studies on religion and political violence. Somehow, the very idea of Buddhist monks as the archetypical ‘world renouncers’ exhorting frenzied mobs to commit acts of violence against perceived ‘enemies of the religion’ seems to be outright ludicrous. Recent events in Myanmar/Burma, but also in Thailand and Sri Lanka, however indicate that a militant strand of Theravada Buddhism is on the rise. How can this rise be explained, and what role do monks play in that regard? These are the two broad questions that this book explores.

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War

Author : Suren Raghavan
Publisher : Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs
ISBN 13 : 9781781795743
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War written by Suren Raghavan and published by Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Sri Lanka was violent and costly in human and material terms. This was one of the longest wars in modern South Asia. Often referred to as an 'ethnic' conflict between the majority Sinhalas and the minority Tamils, the war had a profound religious dimension. The majority of Sinhala Buddhist monks (the Sangha) not only opposed any meaningful powersharing but latterly advocated an all-out military solution. Such a nexus between Buddhism and violence is paradoxical; nevertheless it has a historical continuity. In 2009 when the war ended amid serious questions of war crimes and crimes against humanity, monks defended the military and its Buddhist leadership. Taking the lives of three key Sangha activists as the modern framework of a Sinhala Buddhist worldview, this book examines the limitations of Western theories of peacebuilding and such solutions as federalism and multinationalism. It analyzes Sinhala Buddhist ethnoreligious nationalism and argues for the urgent need to engage Buddhist politics - in Lanka and elsewhere - with approaches and mechanisms that accommodate the Sangha as key actors in political reform. Sinhala Buddhism is often studied from a sociological or anthropological standpoint. This book fills a gap by examining the faith and practice of the Sinhala Sangha and their followers from a political science perspective.

Sri Lanka - The Elusive Miracle of Asia

Author : Sharmini Serasinghe
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 955713710X
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Sri Lanka - The Elusive Miracle of Asia written by Sharmini Serasinghe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book no publisher or printer in Sri Lanka wanted to be associated with, fearing for their lives. Their fears are justified. Under the despotic political regime headed by the megalomaniacal Mahinda Rajapaksa, journalists and writers in Sri Lanka who stood up for the truth were brutally murdered, tortured, kidnapped or made to disappear for good. Self-described Buddhists, Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cohorts embraced all that is ugly in his Sinhala-Buddhist toxic political ideology, using and abusing Buddhism to the maximum. With this book, the writer has placed her head on the block and in her words: "I may face the same fate as my late colleagues Lasantha Wickrematunge and Richard de Zoysa, but it's a sacrifice I am ready to make for the sake of future generations of Sri Lanka!"

Buddhism and Violence

Author : Vladimir Tikhonov
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415536960
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Violence written by Vladimir Tikhonov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a 'peaceful' religion. This volume demolishes this stereotype, and produces instead a coherent account of the modern Buddhist attitudes towards violence and warfare, which take into consideration both doctrinal logic of Buddhism and the socio-political situation in Asian Buddhist societies. The chapters in this book offer a deep analysis of 'Buddhist militarism' and Buddhist attitudes towards violence, grounded in an awareness of Buddhist doctrines and the recent history of nationalism. The international team of contributors includes scholars from Thailand, Japan, and Korea.

Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka

Author : Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791438343
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka written by Tessa J. Bartholomeusz and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-07-10 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination of Sri Lanka's ethnic and religious minorities links the past with the present through a treatment of Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalist development in the late nineteenth century and its hegemony in the late twentieth.

The Chronic and the Acute

Author : Gehan Gunatillake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book The Chronic and the Acute written by Gehan Gunatillake and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buddhist Extremists and Muslim Minorities

Author : John Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190624388
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Extremists and Muslim Minorities written by John Holt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays investigate the history and current conditions of Buddhist-Muslim relations in Sri Lanka in an attempt to ascertain the causes of the present conflict. It is a much-needed, timely commentary that can potentially shift the standard narrative on Muslims and religious violence.

Buddhist Warfare

Author : Michael Jerryson
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195394836
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Warfare written by Michael Jerryson and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010-01-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers eight essays examining the dark side of a tradition often regarded as the religion of peace. The authors note the conflict between the Buddhist norms of non-violence and the prohibition of the killing of sentient beings and acts of state violence supported by the Buddhist community (sangha), acts of civil violence in which monks participate, and Buddhist intersectarian violence.

Buddhism Transformed

Author : Richard Gombrich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691226857
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism Transformed written by Richard Gombrich and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion focuses on worldly welfare. Buddhism Transformed describes and analyzes the changes that have profoundly altered the character of Sinhala religion in both areas.