Another paper uploaded
From: bhikkhu
Message: 3346
Date: 2012-04-22
I have uploaded another paper. It is the file named "social_reform.pdf" in the bhikkhu_pandita folder of the Files section.
As usual, I must say that all rights are reserved since I intend to send it to a peer-review journal.
In this paper entitled "Buddhism as an ideology of social reform," I try to answer three questions:
(1) Was the Buddha a social reformer? (My answer would be NO.)
(2) Was he for, or against, social reformer? (My answer would be: he did not bother.)
(3) Can a Buddhist be a social reformer? (My answer would be: any Buddhist can be a reformer or conservative provided he/she observes the Buddhist moral principles.)
with metta,
Ven. Pandita