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Socially Engaged Buddhism (Hardcover, New)
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Socially Engaged Buddhism (Hardcover, New)
Series: Dimensions of Asian Spirituality
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Socially Engaged Buddhism is an introduction to the contemporary
movement of Buddhists, East and West, who actively engage with the
problems of the world - social, political, economic, and
environmental - on the basis of Buddhist ideas, values, and
spirituality. Sallie B. King, one of North America's foremost
experts on the subject, identifies in accessible language the
philosophical and ethical thinking behind the movement and examines
how key principles such as karma, the Four Noble Truths,
interdependence, nonharmfulness, and nonjudgmentalism relate to
social engagement. Many people believe that Buddhists focus
exclusively on spiritual attainment. Professor King examines why
Engaged Buddhists involve themselves with the problems of the world
and how they reconcile this involvement with the Buddhist teaching
of nonattachment from worldly things. Engaged Buddhists, she
answers, point out that because the root of human suffering is in
the mind, not the world, the pursuit of enlightenment does not
require a turning away from the world. Working to reduce suffering
in humans, living things, and the planet is integral to spiritual
practice and leads to selflessness and compassion. ""Socially
Engaged Buddhism"" is a sustained reflection on social action as a
form of spirituality expressed in acts of compassion, grassroots
empowerment, nonjudgmentalism, and nonviolence. It offers an
inspiring example of how one might work for solutions to the
troubles that threaten the peace and well-being of our planet and
its people.
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