The Buddhist Card
2007 May 29
All the stories here are points of fracture or change that do not often register on our radar. Are the warnings for strife on the level of Sri Lanka possible if Buddhist nationalism mutates in Thailand? What are the mid to long-term effects of communal tensions in India amid these types of mass conversions? Are low-key Buddhist led social improvement platforms that emphasize germinating changing of attitudes and viewpoints sustainable in Burma, Vietnam and within China and elsewhere? Indeed, what forms of Buddhism will evolve with 21st century social and political challenges?
