forgiveness and reconciliation in buddhism

sallie king, from JAMES MADISON university, harrisonburg

A. GENERAL ORIENTATION: FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

1. problem: suffering
2. identify the root causes: ignorance and crowing....."i want"
3. vision of goal: cessation of suffering... nirvana
4. identify methods: path to the cessation of suffering

B. ESSENTIAL METAPHYSICS

1. interdependence
2. no self
3. karma

C. DHAMMAPADA
D. ENGAGED BUDDHISM
E. THREE EXEMPLARS OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM:

1. maha ghosananda, cambodia
2. thich nhat hanh, vietnam
3. dalai lama