[Buddha-l] Religious violence, Buddhist violence

[R B Basham]

Denizens, 

Informative piece (appended inline) which illustrates one aspect of a
non-monastic, pacifist tradition and does make one curious about the
relative few in number of their denomination in the Occident today. This
triggered speculation on asceticism as well as "proselytizing by
example", among other flights of fancy. 

Richard Basham

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8467833.stm

How did Quakers conquer the British sweet shop?
Fry's, Cadbury's and Rowntree's - all Quaker companies
By Peter Jackson; BBC News; 13:54 GMT, Wednesday, 20 January 2010

For a religious sect more interested in championing social reform than
industry, the Quakers have established an impressive roll call of
household business names.

Barclays and Lloyds banks, Clarks shoes, Bryant & May matches and the
biscuit firms Huntley & Palmers and Carrs are just a few of the
companies founded by members of the pacifist group.

But when it comes to confectionery, there has been a virtual monopoly
for more than a century, led by Cadbury of Birmingham, Fry's of Bristol
and Rowntree's and Terrys of York.

This achievement is all the more remarkable given the tiny numbers of
Quakers. In 1851 they only accounted for about one in 1,400 of the
population of 21 million in England, Scotland and Wales - less than
0.1%. 

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