Author: Ē. Ṭī ĀriyaratnaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Buddhism and Sarvodaya
Author: Ē. Ṭī ĀriyaratnaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Dharma and Development
Author: Joanna MacyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Buddhism at Work
Author: George Doherty BondPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism and social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
*Continues the story of the Sarvodaya Movement begun in Joanna Macy’s Dharma and Development *Up-to-date information stems from ten years of scholarly and field research In one of the world’s most inspirational grassroots-development stories, Buddhism at Work outlines the vision and evolution of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka, as its members have sought to engage and awaken society with Buddhist and Gandhian ideals. Now an international movement and NGO, Sarvodaya calls for individuals and groups to achieve non-violent social transformation through cooperative work. Its vision and its voice are poised to contribute to the emerging global dialogue on peace, social justice, and community development. Buddhism at Work embraces a new hope for humanity.
Sarvodaya
Author: Detlef KantowskyPublisher: Vikas Publishing House Private
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
On the achievement of the Sarvodaya, a social welfare organization propounding the sociopolitical philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, and his followers.
Buddhism and Development
Author: Samantha FernandoEngaged Buddhism
Author: Christopher S. QueenPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791428436
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive coverage of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in Asia, presenting the historical development and institutional forms of engaged Buddhism in the light of traditional Buddhist conceptions of morality, interdependence, and liberation.
Buddhist Economics in Practice
Author: Ē. Ṭī ĀriyaratnaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780953653508
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Socially Engaged Buddhism
Author: Sallie B. KingPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 082483335X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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.
The Sarvodaya Movement
Author: Praveena RajkobalPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000740854
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book provides an important case study of how local cultures, religions and spiritualities can enhance development activities, and provide helpful frameworks for contemporary societies facing the pressures of neo-liberalism. It specifically traces how the influential Sri Lankan Sarvodaya Movement has deployed concepts of spirituality-based holistic development to help local communities with post-tsunami reconstruction and redevelopment. Throughout, the author provides a Three-Sphere conceptualisation of holistic sustainable development, focused on Culture, Economics and Power, slightly revising Sarvodaya’s Three-Sphere model comprising Spirituality, Economics and Power. The author contends that the success of holistic development, including risk governance, is largely contingent on an awareness of the interdependency of these three spheres, and establishing equitable partnerships between communities, NGOs, INGOs, States and the private sector. Overall, this book argues that religion, spirituality and non-religious worldviews play an important role among other resources concerned with how to survive the pressures of neo-liberalism and environmental risks and crises. The Sarvodaya Movement, which draws on Buddhist concepts of spirituality, is widely acknowledged as an important example of spirituality and community-driven development, and as such, this book will be of interest to scholars of Development and Humanitarian Studies, Religious Studies and South Asian Studies.
Action Dharma
Author: Christopher S. QueenPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780700715947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
These essays chart the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Engaged Buddhists have sought new ways to comfort society's oppressed communities.