Timeline for Can Buddhism give any justification for military violence?
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| Feb 15, 2015 at 9:53 | comment | added | user_1818839 | I was and am happy for that link & quote to be restored - provocative can be good! Just wanted to point out the possibility of translation errors or different interpretations. Some of the other "loonwatch" quotes do roughly match this translation in wording. I can't help feeling a different interpretation of these words is intended, such as "kill the icchantika within yourself". But I can't point to actual mistakes so have to leave it to the experts | |
| Feb 15, 2015 at 8:04 | comment | added | Crab Bucket | @BrianDrummond Thanks for that. You are right the Nirvana text quote was poorly referenced. I've taken it out and the loonwatch link as it does seem needlessly provocative. If I can find the original translation then I might put it back it or feel free to edit the question to add it if you do see it. Metta | |
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| Feb 15, 2015 at 1:04 | comment | added | user_1818839 | It's all very well for the "Loonwatch" link to quote "the Nirvana Sutra" chapter 19 but it would be helpful to mention which root text and which translation For example, shabkar.org/download/pdf/… (linked from the Wikipedia article) renders the passage quoted above as "I heard the Brahmins slandering the vaipulya. Having heard this, I did away with my life." Still violent, but putting quite a different spin on the passage... | |
| Feb 14, 2015 at 19:21 | comment | added | Alessandro Macilenti | One has to consider that these documents (like the Nirvana Sutras) were written many centuries after the death of the Buddha and include views that may or may not reflect what the Tathagata taught. In particular, the justification for killing directly contradicts much of the Buddha's dhamma. | |
| Feb 14, 2015 at 17:22 | history | edited | Crab Bucket | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2015 at 17:00 | history | answered | Crab Bucket | CC BY-SA 3.0 |