Taerinn
chessiejo
Mahayana Buddhists made abusive power arrangements with Chinese Rulers and attacked animists and others. I don't have a link for that last one but I have read it and can look it up, with some effort.
I read this and became sad. The Buddha explicitly taught that compassion and loving kindness are very important morals and goals for a person. And here are people that ignore it in favor of indulging in their hate and bias. It's... just, wow. sad
There were actually several Buddhas. Buddha is a title, not a name. The big fat guy that you're probably thinking of was called Amitabha Buddha. He was kind of like a Buddha Jesus, where if you pray to him, you get enlightened for free. (I call bullshit.)
The original was Siddhartha. He was the ultra-peace renouncer of the world sort.
I don't know much about Mahayana buddhism, but be aware- The name "Buddha" or word "Buddhism" is not just about a fat guy who's happy all the time. It's pretty much the opposite of that, in every way.
