Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
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Why do we think of Buddhism as peaceful?
INDEPENDENT
Nick Swann
Buddhism is often regarded as the peaceful religion and its adherents as pacifists but is this true and why do we think so? Nick Swann explains
Nick Swann
The Buddhist statue at Po Lin, Lantau Island, Hong Kong(Getty/ iStockphoto)
When teaching “Buddhism and violence”, I usually start by asking students to rank religious groups in the order of how many followers each has in the Army.
Typically, Christians are at the top of students’ lists and Buddhists at the bottom.
This reflects an unconscious bias many students have regarding Buddhism – they assume that all Buddhists are peaceful and that a Buddhist isn’t likely to embrace a career that may well involve violence.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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