Tyrannenmord als Konfliktlösungsmodell? Zur Rechtfertigung der Ermordung des ›antibuddhistischen‹ Königs Langdarma in tibetisch-buddhistischen Quellen

Some Mahayana-Buddhist schools developed the idea that it is justified to kill a tyrant (defined as a militant enemy of Buddhism) out of »compassion«. They argued that an evil person, if killed without hate, can be »liberated« (tib. sgrol ba) from accumulating more bad karma that otherwise forces h...

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Main Author: Schlieter, Jens 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Diagonal-Verlag 2012
In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 2003, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-183
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