Buddhism with a small b / Sulak Sivaraksa ; interviewed by Pamela Burton.

Sulak Sivaraksa, author of Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision, discusses how to make Buddhism democratic, not identified with the status quo or State power, not making maney from funerals, but instead participating with life's day to day while on the path to liberation. He stresses equality among men and women, between church and lay people. He discusses the various approaches to Buddhism, and the Five Moral Precepts seen from the modern world: 1) no taking of life; 2) abstain from stealing; 3) abstain from sexual misconduct; 4) no false speech; 5) no intoxication. Breaking each of these has specific ramifications in todays world.|BUDDHISM WITH A SMALL b / Sulak Sivaraksa / interviewed by Pamela Burton. - Sulak Sivaraksa, author of Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision, discusses how to make Buddhism democratic, not identified with the status quo or State power, not making maney from funerals, but instead participating with life's day to day while on the path to liberation. He stresses equality among men and women, between church and lay people. He discusses the various approaches to Buddhism, and the Five Moral Precepts seen from the modern world: 1) no taking of life| 2) abstain from stealing| 3) abstain from sexual misconduct| 4) no false speech| 5) no intoxication. Breaking each of these has specific ramifications in todays world. - RECORDED: KPFK, 1992.