Great Awakening
A Buddhist Social Theory
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| Author(s) : Loy , David |
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| ISBN : 0861713664 | | EAN : 9780861713660 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 230 | | Size : 228 x 152mm | | Publisher : Wisdom Publications | | Published : 2003 |
Category : East-West
Category 2 : Socially Engaged Buddhism
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Synopsis:
The Buddha was known as the Awakened One - but what would an awakened society be like? Is such a thing a possibility? Loy puts Buddhist spiritual principles to the test, challenging those who would change the world to indeed do just that.
The essential insight that Buddhism offers is that all our individual suffering arises from three sources, known as the three poisons: greed, ill-will, and delusion. Loy examines how these are embodied in society's institutions, and therefore lie at the root of all social maladies as well. The teachings of Buddhism present a way that the individual can alleviate personal suffering, and in this book Loy boldly proposes that these teachings can be applied to institutions - and even whole cultures - for the alleviation of suffering on the collective level.
For both Buddhists and social theorists, this book will clarify the social import of Buddhist teachings, while providing a theoretical framework for socially engaged members of society to apply their spiritual principles to collective social issues. The Great Awakening shows how Buddhism can help our postmodern world develop liberative possibilities otherwise obscured by the anti-religious bias of so much contemporary social theory. |
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