RE: Jainism
July 19, 2020 at 5:27 am
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2020 at 5:29 am by Porcupine.)
(July 19, 2020 at 4:54 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Jainism doesn't seem to produce any meaningful difference in violence. Like any religion or, as you mention, any ideology, it allows for whatever violence may be useful or necessary.
That does, again, seem to be confusing 'in practice' with 'in principle', though.
I mean, look at religious Jews nowadays---their book contains far more violence than any other holy book in principle but in practice they're not generally more violent than Muslims or Christians.
So, just as Judaism, in principle, may call for a lot of violence, nevertheless, in practice, at least nowadays, religious Jews themselves don't tend to be more violent than other folks---Jainism, in principle, may call for a lot of non-violence, nevertheless, in practice, at least nowadays, religious Jains themselves don't tend to be less violent than other folks. Two sides of the coin there, yes? Flip-sides.
"Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." - Alan Watts