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Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities
Dissertation (MTh (Science of Religion and Missiology))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/95824 Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities Sukdaven, Maniraj Lmontueli@gmail.com Montueli, Lebohang UCTD Violent Buddhist Myanmar and Sri Lanka communities Siddhartha Gautama Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MTh (Science of Religion and Missiology))--University of Pretoria, 2022. This study is about violent Buddhist encounters in communities. The purpose of this study is to identify causes of Buddhist violence in different communities mainly focussing on Myanmar and Sri Lanka communities. This study compares causes of violence in these communities to find the common cause of Buddhist violence. Buddhism as a religion is not violent due to its teachings of Ahimsa. Thus, this paper follows the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of the religion, particularly his teaching about violence, what do schools of Buddhism which developed after his death teach about violence and how do they justify the use of it. All the three major schools of Buddhism forbid violence; however, they have exceptions for the use of it. Therefore, these exceptions contributed to the involvement of Buddhists in violence. The methods used to answer questions in this paper are qualitative and interpretative approach. The main cause of Buddhist violence highlighted in this paper is ethnicity for Buddhism, and politics for the minority. Buddhist in this regard were protecting the unity of their religion and the minority were fighting for their human rights. All these incidents of violence demonstrates that Buddhists like any other religions are capable of violence despite their reputation of peace. ae2025 Science of Religion and Missiology MTh (Science of Religion and Missiology) Unrestricted Faculty of Theology and Religion SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2024-05-03T08:53:40Z 2024-05-03T08:53:40Z 2023-04 2022 Dissertation * A2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95824 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Violent Buddhist Myanmar and Sri Lanka communities Siddhartha Gautama Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities |
| title | Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities |
| title_full | Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities |
| title_fullStr | Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities |
| title_short | Causes for violent Buddhist encounters in communities |
| title_sort | causes for violent buddhist encounters in communities |
| topic | UCTD Violent Buddhist Myanmar and Sri Lanka communities Siddhartha Gautama Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95824 |