Description

Essays from a 1989 conference in Mongolia of Buddhists, scholars, and peace leaders from China, Japan, Korea (North and South), Mongolia, Norway, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA, USSR, Vietnam, and the United Nations University. Includes: "From Violent Combat to Playful Exchange of Flowers" by Khambo Lama Kh. Gaadan; "Global Problem-Solving: A Buddhist Perspective" by Sulak Sivaraksa; "The United Nations, Religion, and Global Problems: Facing a Crisis of Civilization" by Kinhide Mushakoji; "Visioning a Peaceful World" by Johan Galtung; "Nonviolent Buddhist Problem-Solving in Sri Lanka" by A.T. Ariyaratne; "Five Principles for a New Global Moral Order" by Thich Minh Chau; "The Importance of the Buddhist Concept of Karma for World Peace" by Yoichi Kawada; "Disarmament Efforts from the Standpoint of Mahayana Buddhism" by Yoichi Shikano; "Buddhism and Global Economic Justice" by Medagoda Sumanatissa; "Buddhism and Tolerance for Diversity of Religion and Belief" by Sulak Sivaraksa; "Nonviolent Ecology: The Possibilities of Buddhism" by Leslie E. Sponsel and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel; "Buddhism of Human Society" by Baoxu Zhao; "Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-Solving" by Glenn D. Paige.