Buddhism’s nonviolence stems from not claiming a monopoly on truth

Evidence

Buddhism is widely regarded as one of the world’s more peaceful religions. Although Buddhism, like other religions, historically has been associated with violent episodes, these do not compare with the carnage perpetrated by adherents of the world’s other faiths—especially Asia’s three monotheistic religions. This relative lack of violence is partly due to the fact that Buddhists have not sought to proselytize vigorously, and Buddhism, like other Indic faiths—Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism—but unlike its monotheistic counterparts, does not emphasize a monopoly on truth. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 45

Categorization

• XREF: A truth-monopoly account of religious violence plausibly connects to moral-foundations and conviction-bias discussions of how doctrine shapes outgroup hostility. — connects to: Ethnoreligious violence stems from human social psychology, not Buddhism’s tenets — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 86; Buddhist tradition has a consistent anti-coercive pedagogical ethic — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4006

Broader Connections

• Ethnoreligious violence stems from human social psychology, not Buddhism’s tenets #expands (0.78) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 86
• Buddhist tradition has a consistent anti-coercive pedagogical ethic #corroborates (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 4006