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https://blogs.icrc.org/religion-humanitarianprinciples/wp-content/uploads/sites/114/2022/12/Battle_scene_from_Thailand.jpg1250691In this article, Daniel Ratheiser and Sunil Kariyakarawana examine the apparent paradox between Buddhism and the military. By drawing on canonical Buddhist teachings as well as voices from the Sangha and Buddhist military practitioners, they challenge the idea that serving in the military is necessarily at odds with Buddhist ideas of ahiṃsā, karma and skillful...