[reed_inthe_wind]

"Mo Tzu's Doctrines: Whoops! Wrong religion. What you quoted is from China. If I'm not mistaken called Mohism, an early rival of conficunism (sp?) As far as I know it has nothing whatsoever to do with Buddhism."

I was careful to quote the source (Mo Tzu). But, Buddism intermingled with preexisting thought when it migrated into China around the 2nd century. I couldn't find any specific Buddhist references to wars and the destruction of cities in my source material. And, my limited understanding of Buddhism told me that it was in harmony with Mo Tzu. However, I will defer to anyones expert knowledge on just about anything Buddhist. Especially someone who can draw a tight definitional circle around all things Buddhist. I am still left asking the question; do the people of New York draw their inspiration from buddhism when forming a response to the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers?

[SkyRat]

I'm not very familiar with buddhistic thought either.
It could very well be that Buddhism influenced Mo tzu.

Anyway, my gut feeling is that buddhism has little to say about war. I could be horrible mistaken.

I'm not really decided on this issue. I always liked them buddhist prayer wheels. Somehow I feel a bit relived if I knew there is a wheel spinning with prayers attached to it. I also doubt the buddhists would mind if someon made a christian prayer to the wheel. I guess this runs against Christian belives. Although I don't understand exactly why.
Could you care to explain?

If I had to vote on this issue I think I would agree with another poster who was against it because no other religions were represented. All or none, fair is fair.


I still like them wheels