What is a Buddhist response to political oppression and economic exploitation? Does Buddhism encourage passivity and victimization? Can violent perpetrators be brought to justice without anger and retributive punishment? What does Buddhism say -- or imply -- about collective karma and social justice?Rethinking Karma addresses these questions; and many more; through the lens of the Buddhist teachings on karma. Acknowledging that a skewed understanding of karma serves to perpetuate structural and cultural violence; specifically in the Buddhist societies of South and Southeast Asia; the book critically reexamines the teachings on karma as well as important related teachings on equanimity (upekkha); generosity (dana); and "merit" (punna).The eleven authors featured in this volume are thinker-activists who have been deeply involved in issues of social justice at a grassroots level and speak from their own experience in trying to solve them. For them; these issues are seminal ones requiring deeper contemplation and greater sharing; not only within the Buddhist community at large but among all those who seek to bridge the gaps between our idealization of human harmony; our tendencies toward violent confrontation; and the need for greater social justice.
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