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Implications of Buddhist Political Ethics for the Minimisation of Suffering in Situations of Armed Conflict |
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Premasiri, P. D. (著)
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Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.22 n.1-2 |
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| Date | 2021 |
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| Pages | 73 - 87 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | P. D. Premasiri is Emeritus Professor of Pali and Buddhist studies, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is still affiliated with its Postgraduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities and with the Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy (SIBA). He has published extensively in the areas of Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist psychology and comparative philosophy. He obtained a BA in Pali from Peradeniya in 1963, and a BA (1967) and MA (1971) in philosophy from the University of Cambridge. In 1980 he obtained his PhD in comparative philosophy from the University of Hawaiʻi. |
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| Keyword | Jātakas (Bhojājānīya (no.23); Kulāvaka (no.31); Mahāsīlava (no.51); Asātarūpa (no.100); Dhonasākha (no.153); Asadisa (no.181); Nandiyamiga (no.385); Kusa (no.531); Ummagga (no.546); dhamma-rājā; dasa-rāja-dhamma; Asoka; Dutugämunu; Mahāvamsa; Pasenadi; Sakka; Sakka-samyutta; minimizing suffering; non-vengeance; protecting non-combatants; International Humanitarian Law |
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| Abstract | This article, drawing on Pali materials, highlights the Buddhist emphasis on minimising suffering, even in the conduct of war, in line with principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). It reflects on the inner roots of conflict and explores ideals of governance and the conduct of war, especially as explored in the Jātaka stories and stories about the god Sakka, and then as reflected in the Edicts of emperor Asoka and the Mahāvaṃsa chronicle. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 73
Introduction 73
Reflections on war and conflict in the Suttas, discourses of the Buddha 74
The Jātaka stories on conduct in armed conflict 77
The restraint in conflict of the god Sakka 79
More from the Jātakas 81
The conduct of King Asoka, from his edicts 83
The Mahāvaṃsa chronicle of Sri Lanka on conduct during war 85
Conclusion 86
Abbreviations 86
Notes 87
References 87 |
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2021.2037893 |
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| Created date | 2023.04.19 |
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| Modified date | 2023.04.19 |
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