Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Buddhism: the other "religion of peace"

Must Have Had Something to Do With a Previous Life (FoxNews Out There)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Buddhist monks bound by faith in nonviolence are grappling with how to rid a Malaysian temple of a severe ant infestation without killing the insects, a temple devotee said Monday.
Stinging red ants have plagued the Hong Hock See Temple in northern Penang state for a year, causing one worshipper to be bitten so badly last month that he had to receive hospital treatment, said Elma Lin, a temple volunteer worker.
A temple disciple tried using a vacuum cleaner to gather up the ants before freeing them in a nearby forest, but the method failed to purge the insects, Lin said.
"We haven't found a solution so far," Lin said. "Nothing has worked."
The temple's chief monk, Boon Keng, was quoted as saying by The Star newspaper the monks had to "respect other living things" in the temple.


They won't kill ants, but they'll turn around and do this:

Under attack, Christians fear militant Buddhism
[TamilNet, Sunday, 10 December 2006, 03:29 GMT] Amid growing violence in Sri Lanka that Church leaders have likened to the 'killing fields' of Cambodia, Christians in the island are facing increased persecution from Buddhist extremists, Release International reported this week. Christians in Sri Lanka are appealing to the international community for help, RI which monitors persecution of churches around the world, said. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) also says Christians in Sri Lankan are facing more intense persecution as mob violence becomes an increasingly visible trend in the country.

What's next; extremist Confucianists attacking and killing Christians?

1 comment:

imfreenow.blogspot.com said...

Christians don't fall under the category of "living things" in their religion.