Buddhism Betrayed?

Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

 Buddhism Betrayed?
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Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

With a Foreword by Lal Jayawardena
224 pages | 9 halftones | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | © 1992
Cloth $75.00 ISBN: 9780226789491 Published July 1992
Paper $22.50 ISBN: 9780226789507 Published July 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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