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    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability: Fighting the Indian Caste SystemChristopher S. QueenDr. Ambedkar and Untouchability: Fighting the Indian Caste System. By Christophe Jaffrelot. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. xiii + 205 pp.Outside of India, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar remains virtually unknown. Everyone knows that Mahatma Gandhi led the fight for Indian independence and that his nonviolent marches inspired Dr. King …Read more
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    These pleasant memories of my teachers lead to some not-so-pleasant memories, as I disregarded their warnings and I immersed myself in the Buddhist canonical writings, commentaries and modern interpreters. As a graduate student, I wanted desperately to find a central idea or principle on which to hang all the others, if only to prepare more efficiently for the comprehensive examinations I would face before proceeding to the dissertation. And I discovered, to my surprise and delight, that there w…Read more
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    Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia
    with Dale Cannon and Sallie B. King
    Buddhist-Christian Studies 18 245. 1998.
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    Socially Engaged Buddhism
    In Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, Wiley. 2013.
    This chapter examines a sampling of the beliefs and practices to ascertain whether there are emerging patterns that link the otherwise independent, globally dispersed movements of engaged Buddhism. The rise of socially engaged Buddhism since the middle of the last century has been intensively documented and analyzed by scholars for more than 30 years. The doctrines of suffering (dukkha) and action‐rebirth (karma‐sasāra), and the moral guidelines known as Five Precepts (pañcasila), may be taken a…Read more
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    Asceticism
    with Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis
    Philosophy East and West 49 (1): 75. 1999.
  •  2
    Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism (edited book)
    with Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish
    Routledge. 2003.
    _Action Dharma_ charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest turning of the Dharma. Environmentalism and peace walks through the minefields of Southeast Asia, the future of the 'untouchables' of Japan, and outreach to minorities and inmates of the criminal just…Read more
  • Professing Buddhism: The Harvard Conference on Buddhism in America
    Buddhist-Christian Studies 18 217-220. 1998.
  • Review of Asceticism by Vincent L. Wimbush; Richard Valantasis (review)
    Philosophy East and West 49 (1): 75-78. 1999.