Thanissaro Bhikkhu's rebukes of Bhikkhu Bodhi's advocacy for a Buddhist doctrine of Just War

Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Bhikkhu Bodhi, et. al.

Recently Bhikkhu Bodhi has advocated for an interpretation of the Buddha's teachings that invents a doctrine of "Just War" and rhetorically posits in his original article, "Wouldn’t we maintain that in this situation military action to stop the aggressor is laudable, even obligatory, and that a soldier’s actions can be judged morally commendable?" For his freewheeling reinterpretation of the Buddha's teachings around, literally, a life and death issue, Bhikkhu Bodhi received a severe rebuke from another highly respected senior Theravadin monk, translator and scholar of the suttas, Ven. Thaniss

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