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Selflessness: Toward a Buddhist Vision of Social Justice |
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Cho, Sung-taek
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| Source |
Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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| Volume | v.7 |
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| Date | 2000 |
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| Pages | 76 - 85 |
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| Publisher | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
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https://history.la.psu.edu/
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| Location | University Park, PA, US |
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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 | Sungtaek Cho, Prgram in Korean Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook; stcho@notes.cc.sunysb.edu |
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| Keyword | 佛教人物=Buddhist; 菩薩=Bodhisattva |
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| Abstract | The difficulty of developing a theoretical framework for Buddhism’s engagement with contemporary social issues is rooted in the very nature of Buddhism as an ontological discourse aiming at individual salvation through inner transformation. It is my contention, however, that the concept of “selflessness” can become the basis of a Buddhist theory of social justice without endangering Buddhism’s primary focus on individual salvation. In this article, I show how the key concept of selflessness can provide a viable ground for Buddhist social justice by comparing it with one of the most influential contemporary Western theories of social justice, that of the American philosopher John Rawls. Drawing on the bodhisattva ideal and the Buddhist concepts of “sickness” and “cure,” I then demonstrate how selflessness can serve as a link that allows Buddhists to be socially engaged even while pursuing the goal of individual salvation. |
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| Table of contents | Introduction 76
Selflessness and Social Justice 78
The Selflessness of the Bodhisattva: Curing Oneself by Curing Others 81
Who Curse? 82
Notes 84
References 85 |
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| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
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| Hits | 1172 |
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| Created date | 2000.08.01
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| Modified date | 2017.07.11 |
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