Dialectic Two-Step – Are Buddhists Peaceful?

Dialectic Two-Step  is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio Paz  

Are Buddhists Peaceful?

Question: Why do Buddhists claim they are peaceful while they kill Rohingya Muslims in Burma??

Response: Buddhists are humans. Humans have an innate capacity for violence.  Anybody who claims that Buddhist are inherently peaceful, is not living in reality.

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