Buddhism and Buddhists -- not so non-violentposted by MD
A good tour through the history of Buddhism in Tibet. A history hardly non-violent, despite many Americans' views that Buddhist thought is categorically pacifist. Kosmic kwote:
To kill the terrorists who are trying to kill the Dalai Lama would be eminently just, and fully in accordance with the theory and practice Tibetan Buddhism. Westerners who attempt to enlist the Dalai Lama in their finger-wagging denunciations of self-defense against al Qaeda would do better to study the history of Tibet, and to ponder the farsighted teachings of the current Dalai Lama and "that defense of a land has to be assured by the people who occupy it."
2 Comments:
By jwood |
7:08 AM where exactly are you going with this one...?
By MD |
8:54 AM No where special. Just found it interesting to ponder, I would bet that many Americans, and Western Europeans, would think Buddhism a religion of categorical pacifism. But that is only a hunch, based upon personal experience.
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