Philosophy East and West, January 1st, 2004
By Brook Ziporyn. Harvard-Yenching Monograph no. 51. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. x + 482. Hardcover $60.00. Does Mahayana Buddhism have a problem with evil? Buddhism generally focuses on ignorance (a problem of understanding) rather than evil (Abrahamic sin is more a problem of the will). Early Buddhism does have a lot to say about the three roots of evil, which need to be transformed into their positive counterparts--greed into generosity, ill will into loving-kindness, ignorance into wisdom. But the Mahayana emphasis on sunyata puts a different slant on samsara. The focus...
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