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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Teena@" data-source="post: 7429838" data-attributes="member: 266388"><img src="http://www.beyondthenet.net/buddha/gallery/Plate23a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      [SIZE=-1]23. World Peace.      In the Buddha's Teaching the highest emphasis is laid on the law of  cause and effect, or       the conditionality of all mundane phenomena. Greed, hatred and  delusion are the chief       causes that lead to unsatisfactoriness in the world. If one seeks to  escape from this       state of dissatisfaction one should try to get rid of the underlying  craving and anger or       hatred due to ignorance of the true nature of things. War is  diametrically opposed to       peace. Conflict is due to the various malignant motives stagnating  in the minds of men.       The control of such thoughts as greed, jealousy, hate and so on will  certainly lead to       peace. Permanent peace will only come when one has completely  eradicated these mental       defilements. Wars will cease and peaceful dialogue between  individuals will lead to a       world of peaceful and harmonious living. Petty squabbles arose  between the farmers on both       sides of the river Rohini which served as the boundary between the  Sakyan and the Koliyan       Kingdoms, as each side tried to divert as much water as possible to  their fields. Finally       these led to a major confrontation of the two armies. The Buddha  arriving on the scene       exhorts them on the calamitous results of war and the advantage of  arriving at a peaceful       settlement. Thus war is averted and peace restored. It should be  mentioned that the Buddha       has been the only religious teacher to have visited a battlefront in  person and acted as a       true mediator in averting war. [/SIZE]</blockquote>

Verification: Hathara warak wissa keeyada? (Hathara wadi karanna 20)

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