BUDDHISM IN THE EYES OF INTELLECTUALS – TOLERANCE – PEACE – LOVE
BUDDHISM IN THE EYES OF INTELLECTUALS – TOLERANCE – PEACE – LOVE
To win Peace
The question that inevitably suggests itself is, how far can the great message of the Buddha apply to the present-day world? Perhaps it may apply, perhaps it may not, but if we follow the principles enunciated by the Buddha, we will ultimately win peace and tranquility for the world.
– Nehru
Wisdom is the sword and ignorance is the enemy
Not a single page of Buddhist history has ever been lurid with the light of inquisitorial fires, or darkened with the smoke of heretic or heathen cities ablaze, or red with blood of the guiltless victims of religious hatred. Buddhism wields only one sword, the sword of wisdom, and recognises only one enemy – ignorance. This is the testimony of history, and is not to be gain-said.
– Prof. Bapat, “2500 years of Buddhism”
No unkind word
There was never an occasion when the Buddha flamed forth in anger, never an incident when an unkind word escaped his lips.
– Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Practise of wisdom and compassion
It seemed that the kindly aesthetic, eternally young, seated cross-legged on the lotus of purity with his right hand raised in admonition, answered in these two words: “If you wish to escape from suffering from fear, practise wisdom and compassion.”
– Anatole France
No Persecution
There is no record known to me in the whole of the long history of Buddhism throughout the many centuries where its followers have been for such lengthened periods supreme, of any persecution by the Buddhists of the followers of any other faith.
– Prof. Rhys Davids
