
Buddhism and Politics: Patronage, Consolidation and Benevolence
‘It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do

‘It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do

It is difficult if not impossible to practice the way of understanding and love without a sangha, a community of friends who practice the same

“The bowl may be overturned for a lay follower endowed with (any of) eight qualities: He/she strives for the monks’ material loss, strives for the