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? |
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... Dhammapada , a standard work of the Theravada Buddhist tradition , and in regard to Hinduism , the epic Ramayana in the classic version of Valmiki ( 7th c . BCE ? ) . Both examples assume a similar social background charac- terized by ...
... Dhammapada the traditional Indian model of reli- gious virtue , the brahmana , is reconceived as distinct from hereditary status , whether military / political or religious ( ei- ther sacerdotal or ascetic ) : Not by matted hair or by ...
... Dhammapada . Another story in the Lotus further emphasizes the in- stant availability of these expedient means in the miracu- lous transformation of the daughter of the Dragon King into a Buddha . The passage is introduced by a question ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
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