BUDDHIST NATIONALISM
- Japan: Zen and War (0:40-1:26; 39:20-43:10; 50:08-52:45 (total 7 mins)
- Sri Lanka: Buddhist monk fundamentalist group, Bodu Bala Sena in 2013 (3 mins)
- Sri Lanka: Hardline Monks: Some Buddhists blamed for Anti-Muslim Sentiment in 2018 (3.5 mins)
- Sri Lanka: Reflections by an Engaged Buddhist leader, Harsha Navaratne, on Buddhist Nationalism (3 mins)
ENGAGED BUDDHISM
- Vietnam: The Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc (famous and controversial act of “non-violent” protest against religious discrimination by the American supported South Vietnam government in the early days of the conflict in 1963) (2mins)
- Myanmar: The Saffron Revolution (2007 popular revolution against the Myanmar military dictatorship led by Buddhist monks. Watch 3:22-14:31)
- Japan: Nipponzan Myohoji peace marches (Prof. Watts’ handmade videos of this small devout Japanese order’s demonstrations against nuclear energy after the 2011 Fukushima incident)
- As part of the mass protest in 2012 to the first nuclear restart after Fukushima (5 mins)
- No Nukes Day Tokyo 2013 (45 sec)
- Protest in front of the Rokkasho Nuclear Reprocessing Plant in Aomori in 2013 (52 sec)
- Protest in front of the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (which runs the Fukushima reactors) headquarters in Tokyo in 2014 (2 mins)
- Sri Lanka: Reflections by an Engaged Buddhist leader, Harsha Navaratne, on Engaged Buddhism (3 mins)
MARKET BUDDHISM
- Thailand: Profile of the Dhammakaya order and their business minded approach to faith (Watch first 13 mins & 19:20-20:20)
- Thailand: Reflections from an Engaged Buddhist leader, Sulak Sivaraksa, on Market Buddhism (5 mins)
BUDDHIST SOCIALISM
- Myanmar: Interview with U Nu, the founder of Buddhist Socialism in Myanmar (Watch 0:00-2:50 & 5:05-6:10)
- Tibet: The Dalai Lama discusses his views on capitalism, communism, and socialism (Part 1 1.5 mins) & (Part 2 9 mins)
- Thailand: Reflections from an Engaged Buddhist leader, Sulak Sivaraksa, on Buddhist Socialism (4 mins)
