[Buddha-l] Dharmapala

[andy]

Dan,  

No need to get into conspiracy theories.  I am just seeking understand why 
this should be an issue now.   When I first started examing the topic some 20 
years ago, there was very little material to be found, so the increase in 
scholarship is welcome.  But since everything is co-dependent, I wonder if it 
is not only an effort to fill a lacunae in scholarship, and the tone of some 
(not all, agree on the diversity) of the pieces supports that.  Jealously?

In the Acknowledgements  an original panel at the AAR is mentioned, organized 
by Jerryson and where Juergensmeyer was a commentator.  Does anyone have more 
info on this panel? 


On Wednesday 14 July 2010 12:18:45 am Dan Lusthaus wrote:
> andy,
> 
> I also don't have time now to get too involved in this, but there is no
> conspiracy because each of the author's is coming from a different place,
> and making a different set of points -- many would be surprised by what the
> others claim. Quite a few of the authors still believe that Buddhism =
> pacifism, except where they specifically look. In other words, they think
> they are presenting the aberrant exception that proves the rule. The power
> of the book is to gather that great variety of exceptions, to the point
> where holding the idea of exceptionalism simply turns out to be lack of
> awareness of the broader picture. "Buddhists are nonviolent, except
>  wherever I happen to be looking..."
> 

-- 
James Andy Stroble, PhD
Lecturer in Philosophy
Department of Arts & Humanities
Leeward Community College
University of Hawaii

Adjunct Faculty 
Diplomatic and Military Studies
Hawaii Pacific University 

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