Contemporary Buddhism

ISSNs: 1463-9947, 1476-7953

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  1. Preface.Andrew Bartles-Smith - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):1-7.
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    How Does Buddhism Compare with International Humanitarian Law, and Can It Contribute to Humanising War?Andrew Bartles-Smith - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):8-51.
    ABSTRACT This article examines Buddhist teachings relevant to the regulation of war and compares them with international humanitarian law (IHL) and the just war tradition by which it has been informed. It argues that Buddhist ethics broadly align with IHL rules to minimise harm inflicted during war, and that Buddhism’s psychological resources can help support IHL to improve compliance with common humanitarian norms. Indeed, Buddhist mindfulness techniques can support even non-Buddhist combatants by enhancing their psychological resilience and capacity to fight (...)
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    Buddhist Motivation to Support Ihl, From Concern to Minimise Harms Inflicted by Military Action to Both Those Who Suffer Them and Those Who Inflict Them.Peter Harvey - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):52-72.
    ABSTRACT This article focuses on how Buddhist ethics contains ideas and principles that would urge those in a combat situation to minimise the harm they do to others, within the requirements of their military goal. This international humanitarian law principle is in line with both compassion for others and a concern to limit the bad karmic results to the combatant of their intentional killing and maiming. The motive for an act of killing can worsen or lessen its karmic results, and (...)
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  4. The Paradox of the Buddhist Soldier.Sunil Kariyakarawana & Daniel Ratheiser - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):102-143.
    ABSTRACT At first glance, a military life and practising Buddhism may seem like two pursuits at odds. Buddhism sets the moral bar very high and nowhere in its teachings can one find any evidence in support of violence, whether in word, thought or deed. One could therefore argue that Buddhism and the military are two strange bedfellows, and some may find it difficult to conceive of serving in the military whilst adhering to the ethos, values and standards of Buddhism. This (...)
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    International Humanitarian Law and Nichiren Buddhism.Daiki Kinoshita - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):398-413.
    ABSTRACT This paper explores how specific Mahāyāna ethics, namely the interpretation of the Lotus Sūtra by Zhiyi (536–597), Nichiren (1222–1282) and Sōka Gakkai (1930–), can relate to core principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). In particular, it also assesses and discusses how Sōka Gakkai’s three key doctrines (the dignity of life, the variability of life and the interconnectedness of life) are congruent with some IHL principles. The paper then analyses how Buddhist organisations today can be advocates of IHL and specifically (...)
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    How Buddhist Principles Can Help the Practical Implementation of Ihl Values During War with Respect to Non-Combatants.Ven Kirindiwela Pagngnawansa, Ven Koralegama Gnanawasa & Ven Kosgama Muditha - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):355-366.
    ABSTRACT The arising of war is almost inevitable within human societies, and IHL seeks to regulate its conduct as far as possible. According to Buddhism, mental defilements are the roots of conflict, so from the viewpoint of Dhamma, awareness of them is imperative if suffering is to be effectively reduced. The aim of this study is to examine the utility of Buddhist teachings in ensuring the humane treatment, without adverse distinctions, of those caught up in war, by the development of (...)
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    Socially Engaged Buddhism and Principled Humanitarian Action During Armed Conflict.Noel Maurer Trew, Edith Favoreu & Ha Vinh Tho - 2021 - Contemporary Buddhism 22 (1-2):414-436.
    ABSTRACT In this paper, we will highlight the correspondences between the Socially Engaged Buddhism movement, especially as defined in the practice of the late Thich Nhat Hanh, and the core principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence originally adopted by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. These principles also underpin the neutral, impartial and independent approach to humanitarian action, used by agencies working under the auspices of the United Nations’ Inter-Agency Standing Committee and Office for the Coordination of (...)
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