{"id":135,"date":"2010-04-05T12:53:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/?p=135"},"modified":"2010-05-25T09:53:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T13:53:50","slug":"practicing-peace-social-engagement-in-western-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/2010\/04\/05\/practicing-peace-social-engagement-in-western-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Engagement in Western Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"
ISSN 1076-9005
\nVolume 2 1995<\/h6>\n

Practicing Peace: Social Engagement in Western Buddhism<\/h3>\n

Kenneth Kraft<\/a>
\nLehigh University<\/p>\n

This essay examines some current concerns of socially engaged Buddhists in the West. How does one practice nonviolence in one’s own life and in the world? How can the demands of “inner” and “outer” work be reconciled? What framework should be used in assessing the effects of Buddhist-inspired activism? Today’s engaged Buddhists do not refer extensively to Buddhism’s ethical tradition, and some of their activities may not appear to be distinctively Buddhist. Nonetheless, their efforts reflect a longstanding Mah\u0101y\u0101na ideal — that transcendental wisdom is actualized most meaningfully in compassionate action.<\/p>\n

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ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 2 1995 Practicing Peace: Social Engagement in Western Buddhism Kenneth Kraft Lehigh University This essay examines some current concerns of socially engaged Buddhists in the West. How does one practice nonviolence in one’s own life and in the world? How can the demands of “inner” and “outer” work be reconciled? What framework … Continue reading Social Engagement in Western Buddhism<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2402],"tags":[2702,1229],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volume-02-1995","tag-engaged-buddhism","tag-western"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5X8HA-2b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/buddhistethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}