“Buddhism and Violence”

“Buddhism and Violence”

 

An Indian Buddha
A statue of the Buddha in India
(Wikimedia Commons)

 

Today’s installment of the biweekly Deseret News column by Bill Hamblin and Dan Peterson is now up.

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865647040/Buddhism-and-violence.html

 

Although many in the West imagine Buddhism to be pacifistic, its history contradicts this — not because of the nature of Buddhism so much as because of the nature of human beings.

 

 


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