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Engaged Buddhism
The article I am choosing to edit is "Engaged Buddhism", under the subheading "Socially Engaged Buddhism in the West" there is a quote from the Dalai Lama stating that Buddhists "have much to learn from Christians", however gives no context or further expands on what exactly they can learn from Christians. I would like to further inform the reader by maybe giving further context explaining the evangelical practices of Christianity that the Dalai Lama is referring to, but who may not know due to lack of knowledge of Christianity.

Link to Article: Engaged Buddhism

- "The second busies itself with demonstrating the practical value and usefulness of Christian faith for persons in a society that determines value by the logic of the marketplace and measures usefulness by service to the nation, the economy, or the private well being of individual egos," (Stone 11).

-"Christian evangelism is pacifist in every way," (Stone 12).

-"Christian evangelism refuses every violent means of converting others to (that) peace, whether that violence is cultural, military, political, spiritual, or intellectual,"(Stone 12).

DISSERTATION https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/58786/MAHADEV-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Socially Engaged Buddhism in the West[edit]
In the West, like the East, Engaged Buddhism is a way of attempting to link authentic Buddhist practice—particularly mindfulness—with social action. It has two main centers from which its approach, spearheaded by Thich Nhat Hanh, is disseminated: the Plum Village monastic community in Loubes-Bernac, France and the Community of Mindful Living (CML) in Berkeley, California.Both centers are tied to Hanh's Unified Buddhist Church. Beside Hanh's efforts, the current Dalai Lama has voiced a need for Buddhists to be more involved in the socio-political realm:

In 1998, while on retreat in Bodh Gaya, India, ...the Dalai Lama told those of us who were participating in a Buddhist-Christian dialogue that sometimes, Buddhists have not acted vigorously to address social and political problems.He told our group, “In this, we have much to learn from the Christians.”

Followers of Christianity engage in evangelical practices in efforts of informing others of the love of God and to proclaim the news of the Gospel. In the midst of both political and social tragedies, Christians have rallied in attempts of bringing peace and hope to the distressed. The intention of these evangelizing groups is not to evoke tension or violence among groups or individuals, or to force any solutions onto individuals, however their goal is to provide comfort and demonstrate acts of love and kindness.

Organizations such as the Soka Gakkai International, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Buddhist Global Relief, the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, the Zen Peacemakers led by Roshi Bernard Glassman and Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing, are devoted to building the movement of engaged Buddhists. Other engaged Buddhist groups include the Benevolent Organisation for Development, Health and Insight, Gaden Relief Projects, the UK's Network of Buddhist Organisations, Fo Guang Shan and Tzu Chi.