Doju Layton on Buddhism and Politics Part I: Early Buddhist Politics and their Relevance Today

On the January 24th, 2021, Dōju Layton talked on the what early Buddhist sutra texts have to say about politics and the government, including:
Rājja Sutta ("Rulership"; SN 4.20)

Aggañña-Sutta ("The Origin of the World"; DN 27)
Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta ("The Lion's Roar on the Turning of the Wheel"; DN 26)
Mahāparinibbāna Sutta ("Great Parinirvana"; DN 16)
The talk centers around his reading of Matthew J. Moore's book "Buddhism and Political Theory" (Oxford University Press, 2016). The book argues for a Buddhist political theory centered on no-self, limited citizenship (participating directly in politics only as required, while instead focusing creating good citizens through religious practice), and hypothetical morality (a theory of ethics that views moral goods as being beneficial but not divinely ordained).
In the future, Dōju will deliver one or two subsequent talks that examine the alternative and more modernist case that Buddhist can and should be involved in politics.

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