doctrines professed by others'.
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We should add here that this spirit of sympathetic understanding
should be applied today not only in the matter of religious doc-
trine, but elsewhere as well.
This spirit of tolerance and understanding has been from the
beginning one of the most cherished ideals of Buddhist culture and
civilization. That is w h y there is not a single example of persecu-
tion or the shedding of a drop of blood in converting people to
Buddhism, or in its propagation during its long history of 2500
years. It spread peacefully all over the continent of Asia, having
more than 500 million adherents today. Violence in any form,
under any pretext whatsoever, is absolutely against the teaching of
the Buddha.
T h e question has often been asked: Is Buddhism a religion or a
philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism re-
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