http://www.themartialist.com/2009/14/12/why-the-buddhist-peace-fellowship-is-wrong/ For Those Who Fight Unfairly Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:55:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.themartialist.com/2009/14/12/why-the-buddhist-peace-fellowship-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-23 schopenhauer1962 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:01 +0000 http://www.themartialist.com/?p=126#comment-23 The Samurai were Zen Buddhists, were they peaceful ? In Hagakure (Book of the Samurai of Yamamoto Tsunetomo) I read this : "When there is a choice of either living or dying, as long as there remains nothing behind to blemish one's reputation, it is better to live." And not defending yourself or your loved ones is a blemish ... In another Zen-story there is a master who wants to reach Samadhi, but the life of his friends are in danger because the boat is attacked by a sea creature. The Master takes his sword and wants to kill the creature, but the pupil argues that he will be reborn again and will not be free as a Bhudda. The Master answers that there are more important things than Samadhi and kills the creature... The Samurai were Zen Buddhists, were they peaceful ? In Hagakure (Book of the Samurai of Yamamoto Tsunetomo) I read this : “When there is a choice of either living or dying, as long as there remains nothing behind to blemish one’s reputation, it is better to live.” And not defending yourself or your loved ones is a blemish … In another Zen-story there is a master who wants to reach Samadhi, but the life of his friends are in danger because the boat is attacked by a sea creature. The Master takes his sword and wants to kill the creature, but the pupil argues that he will be reborn again and will not be free as a Bhudda. The Master answers that there are more important things than Samadhi and kills the creature…

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