[Buddha-l] Buddhist pacifism

[curt]

The proposition that the "full implications of the Buddha's teachings" 
have only recently been discovered requires more than a mere assertion 
to make it believable. But the assertion itself does amount to a clear 
statement that Buddhism has not previously embraced pacifism.
- Curt

Richard P. Hayes wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 12:03 -0400, curt wrote:
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>>The idea that pacifism is essential to Buddhism is a very recent idea, 
>>as far as I know. 
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>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
>say is "Better late than never."
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