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The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory by David R. Loy

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Since religions have developed in a very different context than the current world situation, to live religiously one must find the path which connects ideas across time and applies them to life in the world now. This book takes this approach on Buddhism, showing how understanding the roots of suffering can apply to the global suffering we are experiencing. By drawing attention to the hidden motivations and delusions behind capitalism, just war, criminal punishment, biotechnology, and harm to the Earth, Loy develops an extremely relevant interpretation of nonduality and interconnectedness which might yet help the world enlighten itself.
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