[Buddha-l] Buddhists taking a stand against Islamaphobia

[Richard Hayes]

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Gregory Bungo <gbungo at earthlink.net> wrote:

> If one is to be ashamed, it would make sense to be ashamed
> of the doctrine of Jihad.  

There is nothing at all wrong with jihad. Buddhists have things like sesshin and month-long intensive retreats in which they do battle with internal enemies. What one should be ashamed of is forgetting that the enemies are greed, hatred and delusion rather than people and religions.