[Buddha-l] Dharmapala

[Federico Andino]

>traditionally Buddhist nations into the war on terra?   Religion was a

> >powerful weapon in the Cold War,  and if we (the "West") could just get
> the
> >Buddhists to fight . . .
>
>
One of the things that always bug me is "West". For example, I had met
people from Europe and USA who doesn´t consider Latin America part of the
west, and if by west you mean wasp, damn right it isn´t. What would
constitute this mythical west that opposes the mythical orient?

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