Limiting the Risk to Combatant Lives: Confluences between IHL and Buddhism 14/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Vishakha Wijenayake compares how international humanitarian law (IHL) and Buddhist narratives in the Jātaka stories view the expectations placed on soldiers ...
Charting Hinduism’s Rules of Armed Conflict: Indian Sacred Texts and International Humanitarian Law 12/10/2022, Hindu Circles In this substantial new paper in the International Review of the Red Cross, Raj Balkaran and Walter Dorn chart rules of armed conflict in the ...
Restraint in Warfare and Appamāda: The Concept of Collateral Damage in the Light of the Buddha’s Last Words 11/10/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article, Bhagya Samarakoon explores how the quality of appamāda or “heedfulness” – referred to several times in the Buddha’s sermons and included in ...
Siege Warfare and the Prohibition of Intentional Starvation of Civilians: The Convergence of IHL and Buddhist Ethics 06/10/2022, Buddhist Circles Sieges and the accompanying threat of starvation are means of warfare as old as civilisation itself, and are still a depressingly common feature ...
The Bhagavad Gita and the Ethics of War 05/10/2022, Hindu Circles The Bhagavad Gita (‘the Gita’) is one of the most recognised and revered Hindu scriptures across the globe. Though often read and taught ...
Ethics of Fighting in Ancient Indian Literature 03/10/2022, Hindu Circles Among the earliest Sanskrit texts that contain explicit rules about what is allowed and disallowed in battle is the Mahābhārata. In this article, ...
‘Freedom From Hatred’: The Role of Khanti in Complementing the Work of IHL 28/09/2022, Buddhist Circles This article by Alex Wakefield explores the Buddhist quality of khanti/kṣānti, meaning patience, forbearance or tolerance. Understood as the opposite of anger and ...
Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence with the Buddhist Doctrine of Lack of a Permanent Self and Meditation Training 27/09/2022, Buddhist Circles Sexual violence against both male and female civilians and combatants remains a depressingly common feature of contemporary armed conflicts. This article by Charya ...
Contemporary Scholarship on Warfare and Battle Ethics in the Hindu Traditions 26/09/2022, Hindu Circles In this article, respected scholar Greg Baily provides an overview of contemporary scholarship on the ethics of war in Hinduism, including recent scholarship ...
[Burmese] Reducing Suffering During Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and IHL 20/09/2022, Buddhist Circles Given that Buddhist teachings encourage compassion and non-violence, relatively little attention has been paid to how Buddhism might contribute to regulating the conduct ...
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