Bauddh Dharm Darshan Sanskruti aur Kala

SR No.: 004152
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dharmchand Jain, Shweta Jain
Publisher: Bauddh Adhyayan Kendra
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 212
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 17 MB

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190 * als 9f-esta, Heala sie beill consoled them that their pitiable condition was because of their past deeds.
Though Buddha had suggested some rules to elevate the conditions of slaves and also expected slaves to be loyal towards there masters. In this way he had been instrumental in suppressing social discontent instead of really bothering for the eradication of slavery.
The foregoing discussions suggest us to believe that although Buddhsism focused on liberty, equality and fraternity, it could not take proper shape in the society. It seems that Buddha had been much more concerned about the ethical betterment of his followers and not in the social problems of the day. To him, suffering and 'pain'in caste system, slavery status of women and other deformed social insitutitons were not individual or social in nature, but it was spirtual in nature which need to be resolved spritually. On social ground his concept of social justice was confined duly towards social forces in the struggle against Brahminism and not towards wider realm of social justice in the society.. . References Nayar, P.K.B. 2008 Social Justice in a Globalised world : Encounters with
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- Department of sociology J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur