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| #572660 in Books | Rowman Littlefield Publishers | 2006-06-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.18 x.76 x6.13l,.91 | File type: PDF | 304 pages | Rowman Littlefield Publishers||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| When you let someone else run your spiritual life, you get Jonestown|By James Kenney|Zen At War is an amazing book. This book shows very clearly what you get when you let someone else run your spiritual life: You get Jonestown. I don't like what the Japanese Buddhists did during the war. I don't like what the Christians did either. Both religions have precepts/c||Praise for the first edition: Zen at War is a wake-up call for all Buddhists. Victoria has shown in a passionate and well documented way that Buddhism is not immune to the kind of distortions that have been used throughout human history by virtually all of the
A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. Drawing on the writings and speeches of leading Zen masters and scholars, Brian Victoria shows that Zen served as a powerful foundation for the fanatical and suicidal spirit displayed by the imperial Japanese military. At the same ti...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Zen at War (2nd Edition) | Brian Daizen Victoria. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
