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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... Vimalakirti Sutra , which counterposes the ideal of the religious layman to that of the sequestered monk . In the Vimalakirti Sutra the role of the arhat ( the monk in the Dhammapada ) is downgraded in comparison to the virtuous layman ...
... Vimalakirti only by silence . The Sutra's discussion of " Entering the Gate of Non - du- ality " gives the explanations of this by different bodhisatt- vas , including the bodhisattva Jewel Crowned King , who says : The correct way and ...
... Vimalakirti remained silent and did not speak a word . Manjushri sighed and said , " Excellent , excellent ! Not a word , not a syllable — this truly is to enter the gate of non- duality ! " 3 In China the equating of Nirvana and ...
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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