• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yes, because the brutal warlord suddenly became repulsed by violence and never again resorted to violence….

    (There are those 18,000 monks mentioned, and I find it dubious there wasn’t internal discord, considering.)

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      1 month ago

      I’ve read some Buddhist literature, including a lot of tales about the Buddha, and the monks were arguing all the time. There’s a handful of stories where the Buddha goes at them because of how much they’re always arguing.

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      More accurately, the brutal warlord actually had feelings and didn’t know how to process them. In walks serene monks who seem to be at peace. Compare to: In walks missionaries who promise he can be forgiven and his immortal soul saved in the eyes of God.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      1 month ago

      I misread as “there wasn’t some internal Discord” and thought you were about to say something about leaked DMs. I need to wake up.