Buddhist Warfare

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Buddhist Warfare is written by Michael Jerryson and published by OUP USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195394836 (ISBN 10) and 9780195394832 (ISBN 13).

This book offers eight essays examining the dark side of a tradition often regarded as the religion of peace. The authors note the conflict between the Buddhist norms of non-violence and the prohibition of the killing of sentient beings and acts of state violence supported by the Buddhist community (sangha), acts of civil violence in which monks participate, and Buddhist intersectarian violence.