This work brings together in a single volume the translated essays of Buddhadasā Bhikkhu, the major interpreter of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.

This is the first comprehensive coverage of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in Asia, presenting the historical development and institutional forms of

Chapters emphasize exploration of substantive questions about political life in a range of global contexts, with attention to whether and how those questions ma

The contents of this book originated in a conference at the Catholic University of America in May 2015. The essays and lectures contained within focus on the re