Buddhism and the coming revolution

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:History

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According to Gary Snyder, the individual realization of this from the beginning state can’t be had for and by one-“self” the reason being, in is not fully realized unless a person has given the self-up and way. Regarding the Buddhism view, ignorance is the one that obstructs the effortless manifestation. Ignorance as well projects into fear and needless craving. Following the history, the Buddhist philosophers did not analyze out the level to which ignorance and suffering are encouraged or caused by the social factors, considering desire and fear to be given facts of the human condition. Gary Snyder says that, the major concern of the Buddhist philosophy is psychology and epistemology with no attention paid to sociological or historical problems.

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morality is just bringing it back out in the way you live, through personal responsible action as well as personal example, ultimately toward the true community of all beings. To me, the last aspect means supporting any economic and Cultural Revolution that moves clearly through a free, international, classless world. It also means that, using means such as pacifism, outspoken criticism, gentle violence, voluntary poverty, civil disobedience when it comes to matter of restraining some impetuous redneck. It means affirming the widest possible spectrum of non-harmful personal behavior defending the right of people to be polyandrous or homosexual, eat peyote or smoke hemp. Conclusion As discussed in this paper, we realize that Buddhism has been ready to ignore or accept the tyrannies and inequalities of whatever political system it found itself under which can lead to the death of Buddhism.

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