Three Ways to Release Warriors form the Role of Killing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21333962 |
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| Authors | Tsunehiko Sugiki (0000-0001-7572-866X, 広島大学准教授, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 930-924 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | 印度學佛教學研究 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4344 • E-ISSN: 1884-0051 |
| Publisher | Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4259/ibk.69.2_930 |
| OpenAlex | W3198526379 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
According to the Indian Classics in general, the most important function of a king is to protect his people, which in certain situations takes a form of warfare against a foreign army or internal rebels. Some discourses can be found in Buddhist scriptures in and before the 7th century CE that teach or describe ways or strategies for a king or warrior to deal with the diplomatic problem without resorting to warfare including killing. Those ways can be roughly divided into three types: (1) retreat from the role of warrior; (2) resolution without pitched battle; and (3) pitched battle without killing. Each type has subdivisions. The authors of the Buddhist scriptures selected certain strategies from those commonly found in the Indian scriptures on politics such as the Arthaśāstra and reformed them in accordance with the Buddhist precept against killing
Ancient history · Archaeology · Battle · Biology · Buddhism · Function (biology) · Political science · Politics · Precept · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Highly cited | No |
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