[Buddha-l] Subject: the poignancy of Donald Lopez

[Dan Lusthaus]

Richard wrote:

>Or read some books on the history of India and discover how Buddhists, 
>Hindus and Jains persecuted each other in just about every period of 
>history.

Persecution can mean a variety of things. Sticking to physicial "violence" 
as the criterion, I am aware of Hindu and Buddhist episodes of violence, but 
have so far not seen Jains implicated (except in some hot-headed speech, and 
occasional factional outbreaks of misogyny). Do you have any actual episodes 
of physical violence in mind attributed to Jains? They are my last hold-out 
for a world religion that has successfully embodied ahimsa, not just in word 
but in deed. Are you saying that's not so?

Dan