A protective-war doctrine legitimizes violence when Buddhism is deemed threatened.

Evidence

The Duthagamani myth thus not only provides a context, no matter how dubious, for thinking that the Sinhalese and Tamils have been nemeses for two millennia, but also justifies dehumanizing non-Sinhalese, if doing so is necessary to preserve, protect, and propagate the dhamma (Buddhist doctrine). Furthermore, it legitimizes a just war doctrine, provided that war is waged to protect Buddhism. Together with the Vijaya myth, it introduces the bases for the Sinhalese Buddhist belief that Lord Buddha designated the island of Sri Lanka as a repository for Theravada Buddhism. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 78

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Relates to the sacrifice article: here a religion sacralizes killing rather than self-immolation — a reverse face of the same sacralized-violence machinery in organized religion. Also the dehumanization clause echoes the Atrocity-justification logic in the moral-panics article on how out-groups get recategorized as non-persons.
• XREF: connects to: Buddhist monks rationalize warfare against separatists as dhamma-justified — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 152; Sinhalese monks frame Buddhism’s status through territorial threat perception — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 153; Monastic violence stems from social psychology, not Buddhist doctrine — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 86 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Buddhist monks rationalize warfare against separatists as dhamma-justified #exemplifies (0.90) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 152
• Monastic violence stems from social psychology, not Buddhist doctrine #contradicts (0.90) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 86
• Ethnoreligious violence stems from human social psychology, not Buddhism’s tenets #contradicts (0.88) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 86
• Sinhalese monks frame Buddhism’s status through territorial threat perception #expands (0.82) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 153
• A religion’s violence depends on context, not inherent character #contradicts (0.75)
• Violence with impunity is practiced in the name of civility #corroborates (0.72)
• Religious disputation could itself be framed as defensive aggression #exemplifies (0.72) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 673
• Fear of enemy religion functions as a people’s opiate that sustains them in conflict #complicates (0.72) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1720