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renate

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10. you are making an excellent point
Sat Mar 23, 2013, 04:07 AM
Mar 2013

I guess I would say that self-identified Buddhists that use violence except in self-defense are like self-identified Christians who do not actually love their neighbors. They are "Buddhists" and "Christians" because they say they are and not because they are actually acting in accord with the tenets of the philosophy or religion they claim to follow.

I really don't intend to start a debate about this. I'm just saying that these monks who (presumably) call themselves Buddhist are not actually behaving in a way that meshes with Buddhist teachings. Maybe they're just imperfect Buddhists, as most if not all Buddhists are. Armed Buddhists are just very conspicuously imperfect....

Meanwhile back in the good old USA. When people have money disputes they just shoot your baby. Lint Head Mar 2013 #1
Disgusting News. DavidG Mar 2013 #2
Who invented Kung Fu and why? jberryhill Mar 2013 #5
as well as most of the martial arts. fighting monks, who historically played the same role HiPointDem Mar 2013 #12
It's political defacto7 Mar 2013 #6
Wiccans, Thelemites, and Druids seem to be peacefull now a days. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #8
What other group on Earth has killed more brutally than Christians some aspects is Pacifist. gordianot Mar 2013 #17
It could be that groups of tens of millions aren't nice, clean monoliths. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #25
"Armed Buddhists"? Ken Burch Mar 2013 #3
Thanks for helping me name my band. n/t christx30 Mar 2013 #16
Actually, there are Mennonites with machetes geek tragedy Mar 2013 #18
Killer Quakers & Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #26
We already have Unitarian Jihad Ken Burch Mar 2013 #29
This will tell you how fed up the Buddhists are. They are not taking this anymore. n/t SylviaD Mar 2013 #30
When Buddhist monks take up arms... jberryhill Mar 2013 #4
"Armed Buddhists" are "Buddhists" renate Mar 2013 #7
I think saying they're not Buddhists is strange. ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #9
you are making an excellent point renate Mar 2013 #10
I went to a lecture given by a Tibeten Buddhist nun, ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #11
of course they're buddhists. buddhism has a long history of association with militarism. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #13
as I said before... defacto7 Mar 2013 #32
Violence and ethnic cleansing. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #14
it generally happens whenever you depose any power structure, whether it's what we'd HiPointDem Mar 2013 #15
Didn't the US get its ass handed to it by Buddhists... modestybl Mar 2013 #19
This makes me sad... AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #20
The long knives are already out on this thread... a la izquierda Mar 2013 #22
I saw it here also.. AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #23
That thread made me want to vomit... a la izquierda Mar 2013 #24
I had AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #28
I'm sorry. I participated but didn't believe any of what he said about Buddhists. freshwest Mar 2013 #36
I wouldn't worry too much about how it's viewed... defacto7 Mar 2013 #34
I didn't realise there was a problem with anti-Buddhist bigotry in the US... Violet_Crumble Mar 2013 #35
Except that thread was not about factual criticisms. TM99 Mar 2013 #37
consistently practicing love and forgiveness WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2013 #21
This is just so sad. Over a simple dispute in a store 20 people have lost their lives. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #27
Go buddhists!! cosmicone Mar 2013 #31
Yr cheering on Buddhist violence? Seriously? Violet_Crumble Mar 2013 #33
Buddhist violence is not a new concept. cosmicone Mar 2013 #38
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