quietist

First Burma, and then Tibet, have been the most evident theatres of the passage of Buddhism from quietist positions and support for the status quo to an action of critique and transformation of society, even confronting heavy repression.
C’est en Birmanie puis au Tibet que l’on a le plus nettement vu le bouddhisme passer de positions quiétistes, favorisant le statu quo, à une action de critique et de transformation de la société, même face à des répressions violentes.
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