• SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Buddhism has extremely good PR, but ultimately it is just that: PR. You can find messages of peace, compassion, and violence in plenty of religions to higher or lesser degrees, but as soon as they become large enough to be politically relevant, one leader or another will resort to violence sooner or later, and will take advantage of their followers’ faith to justify it.

    As for Buddhism specifically, this is a good start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence#Regional_examples

    • Alistaire@sopuli.xyz
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      5 days ago

      someone old commented somewhere that the monks took over the place and made them built temples for free and control the people, have political control and raise funds to make more temples and spread