Buddhism and war

The Buddhism defines violence as suffering; its reasons — thirst, rage and delusion (Akusala-mula-sutta, AN 3.69 [1]); its overcoming assumes not only a ban on use of force, but also disposal of roots of these defects. The violence generates negative consequences — as social (escalation of violence and moral falling), and personal (a bad karma and regeneration in the bottom worlds). Abstention from deprivation of life of living beings (ahiṃsā) is the most important duty of the Buddhist (the first vow). In Dkhammapad there are surprising lines on expressiveness: "All shiver before punishment, all...