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What two words does the guide open Buddhist ethical practice with?
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Karuna — compassion for all — and ahimsa, non-violence, which it singles out from the Five Precepts.
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Why is karuna paired with panna?
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Because compassion without wisdom is held to misfire. "Compassion guided by wisdom" is the tradition's own formula.
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What does the guide name as the Buddhist response to war and conflict?
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The Five Precepts — especially ahimsa — and the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path.
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Does Buddhism have a just-war doctrine?
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No. There is no Buddhist equivalent of dharma yuddha or Christian just-war theory; the first Precept admits no exception.
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Why is the Buddhist objection to violence distinctive?
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Because kamma turns on intention, so violence damages the mind that performs it regardless of the cause — an argument unavailable to a tradition that locates wrongdoing only in outcomes.
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What are the consequences of monastic transgression?
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Receiving bad kamma, and being expelled from the monastery — one automatic and impersonal, one a community decision.
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What contemporary case study does the guide name for Buddhism?
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Attempts to reclaim Tibet from China — where the Dalai Lama's non-violent position has been contested by younger Tibetans.
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What does the guide say about caste and women in Buddhism?
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That Siddhartha Gotama abolished the caste system, and that little is said on the role or treatment of women. Both, in the same breath.
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How should the history of Buddhist violence be written about?
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Recorded honestly, with the Buddhists who criticise it on Buddhist grounds named — neither idealising the tradition nor condemning it.
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