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Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights: Dissonances and Resonances

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Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights: Dissonances and Resonances
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Publisher: Transcript-Verlag
ISBN/ASIN: 3837612635
Number of pages: 248

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The volume provides academic essays that reflect this up to now rather neglected issue from the point of view of the three main Buddhist traditions, Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. It provides multi-faceted and surprising insights into a rather unlikely relationship.

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