[Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

On 04-10-11 08:05, andy wrote:
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> Buddhism, as far as I can tell, has been extremely tolerant of doctrinal
> deviations.  My framing of that statement already, perhaps, reflects a bias.
> But why should we be concerned with someone calling themselves a Buddhist?
> Actually, my present concern is with Buddhists that call for violence, which
> strikes me as very non-buddhist.  But maybe it is not my place to object, or
> to point out the basic contradiction in this.   I am open to argument .
You're not helping us here, Andy ;-) .
How can you tell whether violence is Buddhist or not if you cannot tell 
which doctrine is Buddhist?

erik