[Buddha-l] Buddhist pacifism

[Lee Dillion]

On 10/12/05, curt <curt at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>
> The idea that pacifism is essential to Buddhism is a very recent idea,
> as far as I know. I have never seen any evidence that pacifism has been
> a major tenet of any school of Buddhism



Hi Curt:


Granting all you say, I have not seen any canonical source where the Buddha
approved of personal or political violence. I understand that some Sri
Lankan monks have articulted a "just war" style argument based on some
extra-canonical sources, but have not seen any other justification. Have
you?

Lee Dillion




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Lee Dillion
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