If You Meet the Buddha on the Road: Buddhism, Politics, and Violence by Michael Jerryson

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road: Buddhism, Politics, and Violence

Michael Jerryson

240 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

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It is said that the famous ninth century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." The deliberately confounding statement is meant to shock people out of complacent ways of thinking. But...

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