the relationship of the belief system or ideology to peace and conflict in the world.

Question 1

Buddhism’s traditional reputation is

Answer 1

as a religion of peace

Question 2

The central goal of Buddhism is

Answer 2

is to bring to an individual a level of peace that nothing else can achieve.

Question 3

Buddhism shuns

Answer 3

shuns violence towards others.

Question 4

Buddhism is unmatched as a religion in its

Answer 4

commitment to peace and rejection of conflict

Question 5

what do they turn away from?

Answer 5

all forms of desire, power over others and above all, violence

Question 6

BUT, Buddhism seems torn about the

Answer 6

extent to which the peaceful image depicts its future as it has been drawn into some conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries

Question 7

e.g. of conflicts?

Answer 7

Sri lank, Tibet, Vietnam

Question 8

what are these conflicts for?

Answer 8

both in terms of its resistance to powerful and oppressive forces and as an oppressive force in itself