COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement will join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to “protect” Buddhists, whom he called an endangered […]
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Sri Lanka: Buddhist monk self-immolated to protest the slaughter of cattle and the alleged conversion of Buddhists
I don’t know what to say. Killing animals, and also the Muslim halal method of slaughtering animals, can be considered as wrong. It is also true that missionary tactics and the way how conversions in […]
Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims? Alan Strathern on BBC News
In a recent post, Buddhist Monks as Hate Preachers & Sexual Abuse, I mainly referred to sad developments within the global Buddhist community where Buddhist monks spread words of hate, actions that harm others, themselves as […]
Buddhist Monks as Hate Preachers & Sexual Abuse
There are some negative developments in the Buddhist world for which Buddhists should be ashamed, and if possible take up responsibility to counter them. One of them is that the Rohingya – a Muslim minority […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 