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After the 16th century in Tibet, Buddhist leaders were inseparable from government administrators. The concept of samayas, vows to the guru, became a tool for suppressing people's rights and manipulating political authority. [21] Shamar Rinpoche of the Karma Kagyu Lineage saw religion and politics as working against each other in Tibet. Lamas ...
This is a list of Buddhist members of the United States Congress. As of 2025, only four Buddhists have ever been elected to Congress, the first being both Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson in 2007. As of the 119th Congress two Buddhists currently serve in the House of Representatives and one Buddhist in the Senate.
The Tibetan Kashag in 1938–39. From 1751 to 1951, the Kashag replaced the office of Desi in the Cho-sid-nyi (dual system) of Tibet. Since at least the period of the Mongol presence in Tibet during the 13th and 14th centuries, Buddhist and Bön clerics had participated in secular government, having the same rights as laymen to be appointed state officials, both military and civil. [1]
Pages in category "Buddhist political parties" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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Pages in category "Buddhism and politics" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Buddhism and ...
Buddhist socialism is a political ideology which advocates socialism based on the principles of Buddhism. Both Buddhism and socialism seek to provide an end to suffering by analyzing its conditions and removing its main causes through praxis. Both also seek to provide a transformation of personal consciousness (respectively, spiritual and ...
JHU; Sinhala: ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය; Tamil: ஈழ மக்கள் கழகம்), less commonly known by its English name the National Heritage Party, is a Sinhala Buddhist nationalist political party in Sri Lanka. The JHU was launched in February 2004 by the lay-based, Sinhalese nationalist political party Sihala Urumaya.