Buddhism and Peace – Just the Absence of War?

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/27109947?color=ffffff&title=0&byline=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> What is peace? And what does peace mean for Buddhists? Is it just the absence of war and con­flict; guns and scream­ing? Or is it also the deep silence that arises when the mind and heart are in har­mony – a pos­it­ive state of mind that can be cul­tiv­ated both per­son­ally and col­lect­ively, where good and evil don’t exist as concepts? A talk given by Parami at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 30th July 2011 in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions. The post Buddhism and Peace – Just the Absence of War? appeared first on Manchester Buddhist Centre.