This is the most comprehensive book on peace and justice in Buddhist context to date. The contributors represent the two major Buddhist traditions, Theravada and Mahayana, and investigate the subject from a rich array of expertise in Buddhist theories and practices. It contains five speeches and twenty-three articles presented in the Fifth International Seminar on Buddhism and Leadership for Peace on the theme, Exploration of Ways to Put Buddhist Thought into Social Practice for Peace and Justice.The seminar was held under the joint auspice of Dae Won Sa Buddhist Temple of Hawaii and the Korean Buddhist Research Institute of Dongguk University.