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https://blogs.icrc.org/app/uploads/sites/114/2026/08/Buddhist-temple-nuclear-1.jpg1400934Non-harming (ahiṃsā) is central to Buddhism, which is widely associated with conflict prevention and the cultivation of peace. Yet Buddhist traditions of statecraft also recognize that rulers are responsible for protecting their populations from internal disorder and external aggression. They do not therefore tend to support a doctrine of absolute pacifism or unilateral disarmament. Rather,...