Buddhism Betrayed?
Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka
With a Foreword by Lal Jayawardena
224 pages
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9 halftones
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 1992
This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.
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