[Buddha-l] Buddhist pacifism

[Jim Peavler]

On Oct 12, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Richard P. Hayes wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 12:03 -0400, curt wrote:
>
>> The idea that pacifism is essential to Buddhism is a very recent idea,
>> as far as I know.
>
> So what? It's the right idea. If it took Buddhists a long time to catch
> on to the full implications of the Buddha's teachings, then all I can
>

Jesus seems to have taught some pacifist ideas, but I don't see too 
many Christians who have caught on so far.