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Perhaps because they are generally expected to have control over their desires, exercise mental discipline.
by n1b0m 1y ago
Perhaps because they are generally expected to have control over their desires, exercise mental discipline.
- jeanlucas 1y agoThat doesn't mean being passive to everything.
- ToValueFunfetti 1y agoBut it does mean being passive to the sort of urges that might drive violence against a minority religion.
- jeanlucas 1y agoNope, it doesn't, the idea that being a monk is just being happy and let everything pass is a wrong reading of Buddhism.
- crop_rotation 1y agoCatholic Priests have been expected to be celibate so clearly expectations over human behaviour don't mean much on long term and many people.
- HideousKojima 1y agoI mean if you break it down per capita, Catholic priests are far less likely to sexually abuse kids than school teachers are, so there's likely some sort of effect on behavior (and/or selection effects amongst those who choose to become priests and teachers).
- crop_rotation 1y agoThat is why I said "on long term and many people". Buddhists also over a long time period and in aggregate compared to other religions do seem non violent.
- garylkz 1y agoThe whole point of becoming a monk is to try to have control over their desires, exercise mental discipline like how Buddha does. If one is already able to achieve all of that they won't even need to become a monk, because they've already achieved what they wanted to.
- PaulHoule 1y agoThe same was expected of the Spartans.