Nobility and CivilityHarvard University Press, 15. okt 2004 - 256 pages Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 10
... Buddhahood quickly ? " Manjushri replied , " There is the daughter of the dragon king Sagara , who has just turned eight . Her wisdom has keen roots and she is good at understanding the root activi- ties and deeds of living beings ...
... Buddhahood . It will be even quicker than that ! " At that time the members of the assembly all saw the dragon girl in the space of an instant change into a man and carry out all the practices of a bodhisattva , immediately proceeding ...
... Buddhahood and ordinary humanity , for traditionally “ sutra ” meant au- thoritative scripture as found in the direct teaching of the Buddha Shakyamuni , but here a later patriarch is accepted as a living Buddha and his words are ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown