[Buddha-l] Compassionate Violence?

[Jo]

No you are not a mystic, not even close.  
You said that you wanted to avoid the mythic. Well, at least 50% or more of
the canon is mythic.
Andy, you are a time-waster and an irresponsible curmudgeon. 
Save it for the blogs. LOL

JK


On Behalf Of James A Stroble
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:37 PM

On Fri, 24 May 2013 08:46:35 -0600
"Jo" <ugg-5 at spro.net> wrote:

> Andy,
> Maybe you will read this?
> If you seek the non-mythic aka 'reality' violence, you should review 
> the history of Buddhist sangha vs the Tamils violence in Sri Lanka.
> At the present moment that has morphed into Buddhist sangha vs.
> Muslims (citizens, not immigrants), often resulting in violence, as in 
> contemporary Burma: where the same thing is going on and the same 
> propaganda is being used to justify it: defense of the Buddha, the 
> Dharma, and the Sangha.
> 
> I posted on this before but as usual you probably deleted it without 
> reading.
> Joanna
> 
Yep, Joanna, I deleted without reading, and didn't really even _see_ this!
Still don't.  Call me a mystic.

No doubt this kind of propaganda is being used, what I am looking for is
justification in Buddhist teachings.  Buddhist nationalism would seem to be
an oxymoron, but even moreso if the defense of Buddhism to defend our own
cultural identity contradicts Buddhism.  You can see how this will get all
tangled up in the " no true Buddhist" problem.

--
Yours, 

James Andy Stroble
Leeward Community College
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