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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... Manjushri , “ How then does the bodhisattva enter the gate of non - duality ? " Manjushri replied , " To my way of thinking , all dharmas are without words , without explanations , without purport , without cognition , removed from all ...
... Manjushri sighed and said , " Excellent , excellent ! Not a word , not a syllable — this truly is to enter the gate ... Manjushri : Bodhisattva Wisdom Accumulated questioned Manjushri , saying , " This Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese ...
... 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 . . . . She is fully endowed ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
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