[Buddha-l] Buddhism & War

[Ngawang Dorje]

Hi,
   
  If this is the case, then Islam and Christianity too should be said to have never fought any war.
   
  Best wishes,
  Rahula

"F.K. Lehman (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing)" <f-lehman at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  >It is always important to keewp i8n mind the diistinction getween 
>doctrine and institutions that make USE OF doctrine. Buddhism as 
>doctrrine has an excellent record here; and the fact, 
>incontravertible, that in various countries governments and their 
>co-opted religous institutions have a record of war and violence 
>'justified' by apppeal to doctrine, is a separarte issue. Any ideas, 
>even truths, can be used to evil ends, after all, and generallly 
>speaking will be so used.


 		
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