(May 8, 2014 at 9:17 am)Hoopington Wrote:(May 8, 2014 at 7:53 am)Confused Ape Wrote: Can you give some examples of horrors specifically committed in Buddha's name? Groups of people who identified themselves as Buddhists have committed horrors but were they doing it to impose Buddhism on everyone else or for some other reason?
It's happening now, in Burma, some are calling it an ethnic cleansing of Muslims.... by Buddhist monks.
I don't have the time to look up specific references, but just look into the history between China and Japan, I'd have a read of Zen at War if you're that interested.
Doesn't matter what the religion teaches, people will always find a way to fight and kill for it.
They can call themselves Buddhist all they want, but if they do not follow the teachings of Buddha, then they are not buddhist. Also remember that Buddhism isn't the issue, humans are. It is not Buddhism that holds anger, it is human nature.
There are those who stray from the teachings of most religions.
The Buddha taught that inner peace was the key to enlightenment. Acceptance of others and so forth. Radicalism is not the buddhist way but that does not mean people who stray from the teachings could not be radical.
It is sad, but by most Buddhists those Buddhists are not considered buddhist :/