outlawauron said:
But that's not true at all. While that may be closer to truth now, using just a minute or two of searching you'll find numerous instances of where Buddihist monks fought in official combat for all sorts of reasons. I suppose you could say the common practicer hasn't been involved in some grand fight, but the religion has plenty of fighters as other religions as well. |
You are right on that one. While the main teachings are not to harm or kill any living thing there are instances where their followers have fought (to defend their nation) or attacked other nations. My knowledge of Buddhism isn't that good so I looked into it a little further too. Found two decent articles on it right off the bat myself. I still believe that Buddhist have for the most part been a lot more peaceful than other religions.
http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/a/war.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/buddhistethics/war.shtml







