[Buddha-l] Buddhist pacifism

[Jim Peavler]

On Oct 12, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Richard Nance wrote:

> Curt wrote:
>
>> But I'm still
>> willing to bet, even money, that I'm right and there is no evidence of
>> the Buddhist religion in Asia ever promoting pacifism (OK - one small
>> hedge - prior to the current Dalai Lama).
>
>

Didn't King Asoka advocate pacifism (after killing a few tens of 
thousands of "non-believers of course.)