Buddhism and Violence Book

Contents: Introduction. 1. The path of the Bodhisattva and the creation of oppressive cultures/Francis Brassard. 2. Views on suicide in Buddhism: some remarks/Martin Delhey. 3. Evil Monks with good intentions? Remarks on Buddhist Monastic violence and its doctrinal background/Christoph Kleine. 4. Between the profane and the sacred? On the context of the rite of "Liberation" (sgrol ba)/Carmen Meinert. 5. Compassionate killing or conflict resolution? The murder of King Langdarma according to Tibetan Buddhist sources/Jens Schlieter. 6. D.T. Suzuki and Japanese Militarism: supporter or opponent?/Brian Victoria. 7. Buddhism and the killing of animals in premodern Japan/Klaus Vollmer. 8. Only a fool becomes a king: Buddhist stances on punishment/Michael Zimmermann. Index.