Preface to the Contemporary Buddhism Special Edition on Buddhism and IHL 20/02/2023, Buddhist Circles What guidance can Buddhism provide to those involved in armed conflict, and to belligerents who must perhaps kill or be killed, or defend ...
How Does Buddhism Compare With IHL, and Can It Contribute to Humanising War? 16/02/2023, Buddhist Circles This article by Andrew Bartles-Smith examines Buddhist teachings relevant to the regulation of war and compares them with international humanitarian law (IHL) and ...
A Further Note on “Human Rights” and “Dignity” from a Buddhist Perspective 30/01/2023, Buddhist Circles In this new article published in the Journal of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand, Professor Claudio Cicuzza of Mahidol University, Bangkok, ...
Constructing Peace Within War: Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law 27/01/2023, Buddhist Circles Over the past few years, the ICRC’s Buddhism and international humanitarian law (IHL) project has generated lively dialogue among Buddhist and IHL scholars. ...
Socially Engaged Buddhism and Principled Humanitarian Action During Armed Conflict 18/01/2023, Buddhist Circles In this article, Ha Vinh Tho, Edith Favoreu and Noel Maurer Trew highlight correspondences between Socially Engaged Buddhism, especially as embodied in the ...
The Paradox of the Buddhist Soldier 10/01/2023, Buddhist Circles In this article, Daniel Ratheiser and Sunil Kariyakarawana examine the apparent paradox between Buddhism and the military. By drawing on canonical Buddhist teachings ...
International Humanitarian Law and Nichiren Buddhism 23/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Daiki Kinoshita explores how specific Mahāyāna ethics, namely the interpretation of the Lotus Sūtra by Zhiyi (536–597), Nichiren (1222–1282) and ...
The Buddhist Soldier: A Madhyamaka Inquiry 20/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article from the Buddhism and IHL project, Dharmacārin Siṃhanāda uses the dialectical logic of Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy to analyze the nature ...
How Buddhist Principles Can Help the Practical Implementation of IHL 16/12/2022, Buddhist Circles According to Buddhism, mental defilements are at the root of conflicts. In this article, Ven. Kosgama Muditha, Ven. Koralegama Gnanawasa and Ven. Kirindiwela ...
The Chogye Buddhist Chaplaincy Manual of the South Korean Military and Its Relevance to IHL 15/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Hyein Lee examines a manual from the Chogye Order of Korean Buddhism which is distributed in the military Buddhist temples ...
