if the whole world is converted to buddhism will it stop the ongoing violence?

Answer 1

Mao Zedong was raised in that religion. if that doesn't answer the question I will try English"NO".

Answer 2

Buddhism is the only scope for a peaceful tomorrow. It is the only religion devoid of fanatics. Did smashing of Buddha statue in Afghanistan by fanatics made any adverse response from the bud dist world ? We have already seen the violence due to a mere Danish cartoon and the mess being created by a monotheist religion which unfortunately have a large representation. Christian ideologies are good but it lacks the methods to ac hive those unlike Buddhism which has both.

Answer 3

I do believe the ultimate unity taught by Buddha would be an advantage to the preaching to individual souls in the Abrahamic faiths. In Buddhism you love the world as a whole. But then, if the world followed the teachings of Christ there would be no violence. And he could suggest such a unity saying, "What so ever you do to the least of my brother you do unto me."

So I think the answer is, "no." We could hope for a little less violence. But people will engage violence no matter what their faith is. People only follow the parts of their faith that suits them. Violence will come to an end when Christians and Buddhists alike come to see the true spirit of their religions.

Answer 4

No, violence would not be stopped, but it would greatly be curbed,,, at least for a while. Buddhist theology is one of the most peaceful religions I have studied. Often Buddhists become vegetarian as their ultimate goal is to alleviate suffering, not only including themselves, but also for animals.

Even countries like Tibet, which was primarily Buddhist, were consumed, in part because a people who believe in peace ultimately do not prepare much for war. Their focus and pursuits were on other things, such as meditating, expressing compassion, creating art, etc.

One of the whole reasons I went into Religious Studies is because I wanted to know why people did the things they do. Well, obviously people do the things they do because they believe the things they believe. Oh, of course there are hypocrites and weak willed people, but over all, this concept still holds true.

One ethos that went against historically this principle was Christianity. In my honest opinion textual Christianity preaches two shakes way from a type of pacifism. Love thy enemy. Turn the other cheek. Let him without sin cast the first stone. He who lives by the sword dies by the sword, Mercy triumphs over judgment, etc. And for the first three hundred years this is how it mostly manifested itself.

Then after Emperor Constantine not only legalized Christianity, but made it the official state religion, did things start to change for the worse. Christianity stopped being so much about spirituality as its veneer was used as tool to control mass thought, hence to control mass action. Doctrines were changed, and alternative interpretations were persecuted harshly. Present day Christianity as grown closer to returning to its later day benign manifestation, primarily because of the separation of church and state.

Why all the tangential detail about Christianity? This was to show it was not the text that was dysfunctional causing violence, but man taking things and twisting it all around. If Buddhism suddenly became the world religion then yes I’m a sure violence would abate,,, for a while. This would be a temporary respite because (wo)man in his/her fallibility would find a way to come up with organizations, and or create other esteemed texts, and or authority figures would emerge so as to in essence change the foundational virtues that made the religion great in the first place.

Answer 5

Just because people believe in peace doesn't mean they'll practice it. Wars are fought over territory, resources, or power; religion just makes it easier to stir people up. If everyone were Buddhist, we'd still be separated by language and culture. The Irish Republican Buddhists would hate the Unionist Buddhists, and the Sunni Buddhists would hate the Shiite Buddhists. Not to mention the ongoing enmity between Arab Buddhists and Jewish Buddhists.

And here on YA you'd have young earth creationist Buddhists trading snide insults with science-minded Buddhists.

Answer 6

Ha! Hardly. If Buddhism is the key to universal peace, feudal China and Japan would have been much nicer places to live than they were.

Answer 7

No, there will be the Bhuddist sect that believes that Bhudda had a weight problem and that overconsumption is "blessed" and those that believe Bhudda abhors those who believe that Bhudda was dietetically challenged. They would be compelled to make war on these infidels and purge their blasphemy!!! Oh, sorry, that's a Christian term. Heresy? Ooops, Christian again. How about Non-"one-ness"? -- there ya go.

Answer 8

If there was one world-wide religion of any sort, the only conflict would then be between the believers and the non-believers. This would be a big step from thousands of religions that disagree with each other.

Answer 9

there have been 100s of wars fought in the name of Buddhism too

Answer 10

NO The prince of peace hasn't come yet!!There will never be Peace
on earth until Jesus comes back to rule and reign on earth.
In Christ in Love,
TJ57

Answer 11

Yes, Buddhists are awesome! I'm a Buddhist - peace and love baby!