Buddhism for peace
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International Buddhist lectures in the seminar titled "Searching for a Bridge of Peace" held in Kyoto, Japan on August 3, 2548.
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Peace is the dream of mankind for ages. However, the world is almost never free from war. When World War II finished first believed that the "war to end all wars" would bring peace. But then, just over two decades, World War 2, it occurred to washout of Germany and Japan, and the United Nations 60 years ago. Has generated hope throughout the world that peace is firmly established in the world. But then after a few years the world was faced with the Cold War. That lead to war and violence, large and small around the world. The Korean War Vietnam War And the war in Afghanistan The collectors are the nuclear weapons that could destroy the world several times. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. Create a new glimmer of hope in the peace and democracy. It is said that until the "End of History" was near, but just two years later only. It happened in the Yugoslav wars Followed by civil war in several countries. Yes, but only in the form of new violence has occurred. Terrorism is borderless. Which led to the war on terror. Afghanistan and Iraq is a battlefield full. Not the violence that caused the loss of many casualties in the world.
A century ago, the world seemed to lose thousands. Estimated that since 1900-1989, the year the war ended it. Deaths due to the war up to 86 million people, if the specifications after World War 2 (1945) till the year 1990 people died because of the war, 22 million people will still not count the dead because the hands of the self-48. million people (as happened in the days of Stalin's Russia and Mao China under the reign of Pol Pot in Cambodia) is most worrisome is that a hundred years ago a genocide occur. Jewish atrocities And the genocide in Rwanda Are just a few of the tragedy only in the 20th century.
Despite the new century War is not likely to abate. Currently, there are about one in eight of the countries involved in the war. Noted that while the war when most of the last century, wars between nations. But today, almost all wars are civil wars. This is the major reason why 90 percent of the victims in today's wars are civilians. As the casualties in the war, when 90 percent a century ago as a soldier.
The nature of war and victims of the war will change. A pattern discernible in the present war is. A story of conflict, ethnicity, religion, language and skin color to be more relevant. (As in opposition to the ideology has less influence) that at Rwanda, Somalia, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Chechnya, Kashmir, Burma, Indonesia, Sri Lanka drugs such conflicts often lead to attempts to split the country. The consequences are severe retaliation from the party that dominates the state.
Conflicts on ethnic, religious, language and skin color have made the so-called identity politics that raise issues (politics of identity) became more prominent today. But that occur concurrently, it is making a "culture of hatred" has been very active up until now a large flow throughout the world. Such cultures are prevalent in many countries. And influence people at all levels, even the middle class and those who are illiterate.
Such cultures can be differences of ethnicity, religion, language and skin color, a line of people in the same country into two factions (the "us" versus "them") if the images to people on the other side. The line is a bad, selfish or unpatriotic despicable backwardness is less than human. There are behaviors that threaten "us" Often such cultures have relied on nationalism as a tool to motivate us to achieve integration, to resist and fight with one another when the two sides were encouraging a culture of hate. weigh more The result is more of enmity. And fall into the whirlpool of the conflict, which escalated the violence even more.
Culture of Peace
Peace is not in any degree. Not occur If the culture of hate spread widely. And penetrate deeply into the minds of people. Buddhism is a bridge of peace had remonstrated with the fight against the culture of hate. Whether any Buddhist sect (actually be said to be characteristic of all religions as well), focusing on the benevolence are not around. The kind that go beyond the boundaries of race, color, language, religion, and in view of Buddhism are all fellow human world. The co-occurrence of pain and death, yes, but only in the infinite round of existences we may never be parents, relatives are not a nation one already. (So to the ties of friendship and fraternity, this extends to animals too).
In addition, Clement then Buddhism also emphasizes the wit to reach the truth. The fact that the opposing hatred. Because hatred is based on misrepresentation. If you want to make people hate someone. You must render that person is bad as giant devil. The hatred then. We did not see him a