The Great Cause - The Buddha's Teachings

The late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, sporadic peasant uprisings broke out to challenge the growing inequality of wealth. A reform minded faction in the imperialbureaucracy aroused the bitter opposition of the bulk of the landlord elite and went down to defeat. You can see that civil strife, rebellion, anti government behavior is nothing new. These sages were in teaching. They were expressing compassion. The world of sung dynasty china was anything but the serene homeland of the wisdom of the east that some modern westerners like to imagine.