Buddhist Answers to Current Issues

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center align=center><SPAN style=mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>BUDDHIST ANSWERS TO CURRENT ISSUES:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>An internationally reputed Buddhist scholar and activist - Vice-</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags /><st1:PersonName><SPAN style=mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>President</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style=mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt> and Liaison Officer to UN and UNESCO of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB); Patron European Buddhist Union; </SPAN><st1:PersonName><SPAN style=mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt>President</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style=mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt> World Buddhist University Council; Honorary Consultative Editor Encyclopaedia of Buddhism: Professor of Buddhist Studies Dean of Academic Affairs and Director International Academy of Buddhism (IAB) University of the West California USA; Editor Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism; Member UNESCO International Interreligious Council; Former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to UNESCO France U.S.A. Spain Algeria and Mexico; Former Senior Special Advisor to the Director General of UNESCO; and Author of 49 books on Buddhism history and education - explores in eight chapters Buddhist answers to such issues as -</SPAN></P>Can Buddhism be the dogma-free humanistic spirituality which the humankind searches to replace organized religion?How can Buddhism help in socialization and development of social awareness and responsibility of children and youth?What is the Buddhist bioethical response to abortion euthanasia suicide asexual procreation cloning genetic engineering eugenics euphenics and the like?