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46. I would say rather that the Buddhist precepts and

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 09:24 AM

Oct 2012

the Buddha's teachings point to non-violence. And they recognize that violence or at least harm is not something you can avoid and still live in the world.

A follower of the way, even a so called "enlightened being", would be unlikely to choose violence. However, if they did they would accept that action as their own, understand and accept the consequences of their action (karma) and not make excuses.

Also, it is important to remember another word for Buddha, Buddhist, enlightened being, is HUMAN.

At least this is my understanding from my studies and my own practice.

Even the Buddha in a past life committed murder.

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This is over a Facebook photo? oberliner Sep 2012 #1

Oy. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #2

Making their religin look better somehow? KevTucky Sep 2012 #3

Buddhists staged a silent protest against the attacks: jsr Sep 2012 #5

Buddhists are peaceful AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #14

Not all Buddhists are peaceful. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2012 #28

Here is a quote from an article ~Buddhism and Violence. AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #35

another article azurnoir Oct 2012 #36

because Pol Pot was a buddhist AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #38

so in your opinion Buddhists never commit violence due to Buddhism but azurnoir Oct 2012 #39

putting words in my mouth? AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #40

No I asked you a question which you answered with a question azurnoir Oct 2012 #41

I am sure you have made up your mind about me AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #42

nonviolence is important in a number of religions azurnoir Oct 2012 #43

False eqiuvalence Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #44

what are you getting at here? azurnoir Oct 2012 #45

AsahinaKimi thank you littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #31

I would say rather that the Buddhist precepts and YankeyMCC Oct 2012 #46

Thank goodness it was only a photograph! MyTwoSense Sep 2012 #4

This is just more proof penndragon69 Sep 2012 #6

Agreed SoapBox Sep 2012 #12

Well, THAT religion, anyway. I've never heard of any groups of other religions killing and burning Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #19

Try looking into the history of defacto7 Sep 2012 #21

And in the present? nt Skip Intro Sep 2012 #25

Oh, I'm familiar with the Puritans & Protestantism (not worshipping idols like Catholics do) Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #26

There were attacks on Papists an their icons were destroyed defacto7 Oct 2012 #34

Not the same thing. Catholics and Protestants didn't like each other for various reasons. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #37

+100. Skip Intro Sep 2012 #24

Also agreed. defacto7 Sep 2012 #20

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Cox%27s_Bazar.GIF littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #7

If I had to guess Bosonic Sep 2012 #8

They rushed the guilty party away from littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #11

I thought about that littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #17

Thanks! treestar Sep 2012 #30

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-481478-cox_s_bazar_vacations-i littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #9

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-481478-cox_s_bazar_vacations-i littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #10

The Religion of Peace strikes again. nt geek tragedy Sep 2012 #13

muslim criminals bent on upsetting peaceful relations. not THAT difficult to figure out nt msongs Sep 2012 #15

Lol zellie Sep 2012 #16

That is a quote littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #18

Atrocities against peaceful people defacto7 Sep 2012 #22

Not humanity...I disagree. zellie Sep 2012 #23

No, I stand by my statement. defacto7 Oct 2012 #33

sad. nt limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #27

Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #29

Any littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #32