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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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226789507
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96877107
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Author
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Publication Name
Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka