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Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?
BBC ^ | May 1, 2013 | Alan Strathern

Posted on 05/06/2013 4:06:25 PM PDT by ifinnegan

First paragraph excerpt:

Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is arguably more central to Buddhism than any other major religion. So why have monks been using hate speech against Muslims and joining mobs that have left dozens dead?

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buddhism; buddhists; hinduism; india; islam; kungfu; muslims; namyang; rop; shaolin; zen
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To: ifinnegan

Maybe it is because all truly religious Muslims are inherently evil. Evil doesn’t succumb to non-violence.


41 posted on 05/06/2013 4:34:53 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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To: JimSEA

Also, Buddhism in most of its variations has a recognition of a just war. It isn’t a suicide pact like the Jains have too often been.


42 posted on 05/06/2013 4:35:28 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA
The press has been 100% behind the Muslims.

I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess that you are speaking of the liberal Western press of Europe and America.

43 posted on 05/06/2013 4:35:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: mnehring

But the Dalai Lama was the one who ran away from Tibet and then told the Tibetans not to resist the Chinese.


44 posted on 05/06/2013 4:38:09 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

(I do Kenpo, which is tiger and dragon style Kung Fu.)

I do Crown Royal and carry a weapon, several if I need to.


45 posted on 05/06/2013 4:39:05 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: Blood of Tyrants
That is part of their M.O. When their numbers become large enough, look at what they do in France and other European countries.

The time to deal with a problem is BEFORE it has grown to a size that makes it very difficult to fix.

46 posted on 05/06/2013 4:40:44 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: ifinnegan

The muslims have been waging a war against the Buddist in Southern Thailand for many decades, much of it goes unnoticed in western media (like everything else evil the muslims do). Buddist temples bombed, children going to Buddist schools abducted and murdered, and Buddist Monks beheaded in their own temples. The Thai government is trying to appease the muslim, without success. The Buddist are getting tired of the whole mess and fighting back. And yes, the author is partially correct, a Buddist Monk will not murder, but he can kill in defense.


47 posted on 05/06/2013 4:41:47 PM PDT by Traveler59 ( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
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To: kabumpo

Not true. He was removed from Tibet by the Khampas against his will and after his exile secretly helped his brother find funding for the Khampa resistance that went on for a decade or more afterward.


48 posted on 05/06/2013 4:41:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: kabumpo

The only thing I can think of is how futile resistance would have been, especially in the cultural perspective of the Tibetans and Chinese. Definitely a wrong call by the Dalai Lama but expected.


49 posted on 05/06/2013 4:44:29 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: ifinnegan
Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?

Wow, talk about a no brainer. Monks ain't stupid and they aren't into mass suicide.

But most importantly, they are probably a little p!$$ed that mudslimes are stingy with the tithes.

50 posted on 05/06/2013 4:47:11 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslymz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: ifinnegan

if the muslims murder all the monks first, there would be no monks left.

it also makes a stupid virtue shine brightly.

you don’t murder, but killing in self-defense is not done offensively, it’s a result of the jerk attacking you and you stopping the threat.


51 posted on 05/06/2013 4:53:14 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: ifinnegan
why are Buddhist monks attacking muslims?......

I don't know...

..maybe because they deserve it?.....

there must be one spot in the whole world where people are attacking muslims against the hundreds of other areas where muslims are attacking everybody, and the BBC wants us all to know about this one area?????

52 posted on 05/06/2013 4:56:47 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Dusty Road

I also do gun fu - - colt python - - 2” groups @ 50 yds last week


53 posted on 05/06/2013 5:00:48 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: Lakeshark
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54 posted on 05/06/2013 5:02:35 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: ifinnegan

Why? A look at what’s happened in Southern Thailand will answer that question easily. Muslim filth have been attacking Buddhists with impunity.

Sounds like Buddha’s folk have said... “No more.”


55 posted on 05/06/2013 5:03:29 PM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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To: shibumi

LOLMAO! Best laugh I’ve had for 3-4 days! Thanks!


56 posted on 05/06/2013 5:03:33 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (AR-10s & AR-15s are the Muskets of the 21st Century. Free men need not ask permission.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Address: 116 M5, T. Mae Na Toeng, Pai, Mae Hong Son 58130, Thailand.

Email: Iain Armstrong, Chief Instructor of Nam Yang Mountain Retreat, eyeofthestorm@hotmail.co.uk

Telephone: Iain Armstrong, Chief Instructor: +447771627292 (English), Wasana Saleephol-Armstrong, (Iain’s wife) +66864286739 (Thai / English).

SKYPE: Iain888


57 posted on 05/06/2013 5:05:21 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: ScottinVA

Address: 116 M5, T. Mae Na Toeng, Pai, Mae Hong Son 58130, Thailand.

Email: Iain Armstrong, Chief Instructor of Nam Yang Mountain Retreat, eyeofthestorm@hotmail.co.uk

Telephone: Iain Armstrong, Chief Instructor: +447771627292 (English), Wasana Saleephol-Armstrong, (Iain’s wife) +66864286739 (Thai / English).

SKYPE: Iain888


58 posted on 05/06/2013 5:05:54 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
But do you have a Nigerian bank account for me?

:-)

59 posted on 05/06/2013 5:09:04 PM PDT by Lakeshark (!)
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To: Lakeshark

No, I know these men... they are serious...


60 posted on 05/06/2013 5:16:25 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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