[Buddha-l] NYTimes.com: Let Us Pray for Wealth

[Dan Lusthaus]

Richard,

Perhaps we should instead follow your model with how you talk about Bush,
Republicans, etc.?

Muslims have been extirpating Buddhists almost since their inception -- 
removing them from Central Asia and India, where Buddhists once roamed free.
They are still blowing up the vestiges of Buddhism (e.g. Bamiyan). The flow
of missionaries from India to China virtually dried up by land routes once
the Muslims gained control of strategic parts of the Silk Road in the 8th
c -- a key factor in why Dharmakirti and the pramanavadins that came after
him were completely unknown in East Asia until modern times. That Buddhists
should accurately reflect on past and current dangers is not a case of bad
speech.

Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hayes" <rhayes at unm.edu>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] NYTimes.com: Let Us Pray for Wealth


> On Tuesday 06 November 2007 00:01, L.S. Cousins wrote:
>
> > It is regrettable that many generally well-meaning Christians and
> > Muslims are unwilling to acknowledge the degree of violence in their
> > history.
>
> It is equally regrettable that many generally well-meaning followers of
> non-Abrahamic religions cannot seem to focus on anything but the violence
in
> the history of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Not a few Buddhists I have
> known seem to forget all about the Buddhist speech precepts when it comes
to
> talking about Christianity and Islam.
>
> -- 
> Richard P. Hayes
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