[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist pacifism

[Lee Dillion]

I suggest we just concede Curt's conclusion that, based on how "the 
Dharma as applied in reality", Buddhism is not pacifist.  In fact, I 
think we should all agree that Buddhism is one friggin good religion for 
calming yourself before you go out and mindfully kill a few peasants and 
assorted minions.

Booya Buddhism.

Yeah, that's the ticket.



curt wrote:
> I only call it "Christianizing" when it is done to the complete 
> exclusion of taking seriously how the Dharma is applied in reality. Such 
> appears, to me, to be the case with the "Buddhism is inherently 
> pacifist" argument. "Taking seriously how the Dharma is applied in 
> reality" would include, for instance, acknowledging that a nation run by 
> Buddhist monks (Tibet) has never been pacifist, and that a nation in 
> which Buddhism has been practiced for 1500 years (Korea) numbers among 
> its national heroes a Zen Master who was the commander of a guerrilla 
> insurgent army composed exclusively of Buddhist monks to fight against a 
> foreign invasion.
> - Curt