If you meet the Buddha on the road : Buddhism, politics, and violence /

It is said that the famous ninth-century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, zIf you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.y The statement deliberately confounds people and is meant to jolt them from complacent ways of thinking. However, beyond this purpose there is another. One s...

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Main Author: Jerryson, Michael K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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