(November 8, 2014 at 4:21 pm)Lao Shizi Wrote:(November 8, 2014 at 3:58 pm)simplemoss Wrote: Yes?
May I ask how you arrived at that belief?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence Wrote:Although among the least associated religious traditions with violence, there is a robust history of Buddhist-related self-flagellation, suicides, torture, and wars. Within the monastic traditions alone, there are over sixteen hundred years of Buddhist violence in Asia.[1] There are ample doctrinal sources that provide Buddhists with a justification for violence such as the Mahayana Chinese version of the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Upayakaushalya Sutra, and the Kalachakra Tantra.


