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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Marsh" data-source="post: 75103544" data-attributes="member: 378377"><p>I just googled buddhist wars violence and many pages came up with examples of such among buddhists. </p><p></p><p>"Buddhists are people, and people are violent. But the fact that Buddhist monks incite violence against Muslims is disturbing to many Westerners — especially to Buddhist practitioners who consider the Buddha’s teaching to be completely non-violent. Many of us struggle with how to understand the violence encouraged by nationalistic Buddhist narratives found in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka." <a href="https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhism-violence/" target="_blank">Is Buddhism Violent?</a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/violent-buddhist-extremists-are-targeting-muslims-in-sri-lanka-92951" target="_blank">Violent Buddhist extremists are targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka</a></p><p><a href="https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198746140.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198746140-e-8" target="_blank">Buddhism, War, and Violence - Oxford Handbooks</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/asia/buddhism-violence/index.html" target="_blank">Conflict in Buddhism: 'Violence for the sake of peace?' - CNN</a></p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326940969_Buddhism_war_and_violence" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326940969_Buddhism_war_and_violence</a></p><p></p><p>Don't Forget, Buddhists Are Only Human</p><p>Of course, Buddhists are human beings and it should come as no surprise that lay Buddhists over the centuries have sometimes marched out to war. Some have committed murder, and many eat meat despite theological teachings that stress vegetarianism. To an outsider with a perhaps stereotypical view of Buddhism as introspective and serene, it is more surprising to learn that Buddhist monks have also participated in and even instigated violence over the years.</p><p></p><p>Buddhist Warfare</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/short-history-of-violent-buddhism-195794" target="_blank">Violence and Buddhism Are Opposites - or Are They?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32929855" target="_blank">The darker side of Buddhism</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bottom line people are only human.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Marsh, post: 75103544, member: 378377"] I just googled buddhist wars violence and many pages came up with examples of such among buddhists. "Buddhists are people, and people are violent. But the fact that Buddhist monks incite violence against Muslims is disturbing to many Westerners — especially to Buddhist practitioners who consider the Buddha’s teaching to be completely non-violent. Many of us struggle with how to understand the violence encouraged by nationalistic Buddhist narratives found in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka." [URL="https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhism-violence/"]Is Buddhism Violent?[/URL] [URL="https://theconversation.com/violent-buddhist-extremists-are-targeting-muslims-in-sri-lanka-92951"]Violent Buddhist extremists are targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka[/URL] [URL="https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198746140.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198746140-e-8"]Buddhism, War, and Violence - Oxford Handbooks[/URL] [URL="https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/asia/buddhism-violence/index.html"]Conflict in Buddhism: 'Violence for the sake of peace?' - CNN[/URL] [URL]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326940969_Buddhism_war_and_violence[/URL] Don't Forget, Buddhists Are Only Human Of course, Buddhists are human beings and it should come as no surprise that lay Buddhists over the centuries have sometimes marched out to war. Some have committed murder, and many eat meat despite theological teachings that stress vegetarianism. To an outsider with a perhaps stereotypical view of Buddhism as introspective and serene, it is more surprising to learn that Buddhist monks have also participated in and even instigated violence over the years. Buddhist Warfare [URL="https://www.thoughtco.com/short-history-of-violent-buddhism-195794"]Violence and Buddhism Are Opposites - or Are They?[/URL] [URL="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32929855"]The darker side of Buddhism[/URL] Bottom line people are only human. [/QUOTE]
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