[Buddha-l] Dharmapala

[andy]

Ah, Dan, finally!  
Eight points? The Eight-fold path of Buddhist violence?  Are you sure there is 
no conspiracy?  It would match nicely with the idea that there has been a 
conspiracy to portray Buddhism as a pacifist religion!   And we conspiracy 
theorists are so attached to our theories. 

More to the point, and having read the book, I still do not see how historical 
practice affects the original teachings of Buddhism, and further, how this 
practice would defuse the critical force of the teachings.  This goes back to 
our long-standing attempt on this list to come up with a ground for 
accusations of heresy, which is not, of course, very Buddhist of us.  

I will try to address your other points when I have time.  Conspiracy theories 
keep one rather busy!  

Andy



On Tuesday 13 July 2010 09:46:31 pm Dan Lusthaus wrote:
> While andy keeps looking for a conspiratorial motive behind Buddhist
> Warfare, let me suggest a different message the book offers.

-- 
James Andy Stroble, PhD
Lecturer in Philosophy
Department of Arts & Humanities
Leeward Community College
University of Hawaii

Adjunct Faculty 
Diplomatic and Military Studies
Hawaii Pacific University 

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"The amount of violence at the disposal of any given country may soon not be a 
reliable indication of the country's strength or a reliable guarantee against 
destruction by a substantially smaller and weaker power."  --Hannah Arendt