BUDDHIST ANSWERS TO CURRENT ISSUES: Studies in Socially Engaged
Humanistic Buddhism An internationally reputed Buddhist scholar and
activist - Vice-President and Liaison Officer to UN and UNESCO of
the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB); Patron, European Buddhist
Union; President, World Buddhist University Council; Honorary
Consultative Editor, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism: Professor of
Buddhist Studies, Dean of Academic Affairs and Director,
International Academy of Buddhism (IAB), University of the West,
California, USA; Editor, Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism;
Member, UNESCO International Interreligious Council; Former
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, France, U.S.A., Spain, Algeria
and Mexico; Former Senior Special Advisor to the Director General
of UNESCO; and Author of 49 books on Buddhism, history and
education - explores in eight chapters Buddhist answers to such
issues as - Can Buddhism be the dogma-free humanistic spirituality,
which the humankind searches to replace organized religion? How can
Buddhism help in socialization and development of social awareness
and responsibility of children and youth? What is the Buddhist
bioethical response to abortion, euthanasia, suicide, asexual
procreation, cloning, genetic engineering, eugenics, euphenics and
the like? How does Buddhism help to accomplish the many-sided goals
of a "whole person" education? How can Buddhism contribute to
securing the human right to Peace, Security and Prosperity? What
tasks lie ahead for the traditionally Buddhist countries to
preserve and propagate Buddhism? How can Buddhism in the West usher
in Universal Buddhism? How can we tap Sino-Indian Buddhist
literature to answer current issues?
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