Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment and the Sarvodaya Movement
George D. Bond | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-177-9 $35.00 |
| 2003/158 pages/LC: 2003012171 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
In Buddhism at Work, George Bond explores the vision and evolution of Sri Lanka's Sarvodaya Shramadana movement—now an international movement and NGO—whose individual and group members promote Gandhian and Buddhist ideals as they seek to bring about political and economic change through grassroots cooperative work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
George D. Bond is professor emeritus of religion at Northwestern University.
CONTENTS
- Foreword—Joanna Macy.
- A Dharmic Vision for Society.
- The Origin and Evolution of the Vision and the Movement.
- Sarvodaya's Vision of Peace in a Context of Violence.
- Economic Empowerment and the Village Revolution.
- Sarvodaya and the Political Empowerment of the Village.
- The Road Ahead: Deshodaya, National Awakening.
- Vishvodaya, World Awakening.
"We can finally examine the Sarvodaya Shramadana movement in historical, cultural, and political contexts. George Bond's book offers an excellent perspective on how the premises and practices of Sarvodaya evolved over time."—Richard S. Brooks, University of Wisconsin–Madison
"A work of considerable comparative value for assessing the interface between religion and politics and economics in the developing world."—John Clifford Holt, Bowdoin College