books.google.com.ua - Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist...https://books.google.com.ua/books/about/Buddhism_Power_and_Political_Order.html?hl=uk&id=ue56vcBRnCsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBuddhism, Power and Political Order