Buddhism: Peace and Conflict | Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B (1RB0)
Buddhism: Peace and Conflict
- 90 questions
- 8 subtopics
- Buddhism, one religion of seven
- Paper 2
Buddhism: Peace and Conflict is examined in Paper 2, Area of Study 2: Religion, Peace and Conflict, if Buddhism is the religion studied for that area.
It covers Buddhist attitudes to peace, Buddhist peacemaking and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Buddhist attitudes to conflict and its causes, Buddhist pacifism and passive resistance, Buddhist responses to the Just War theory, Buddhist attitudes to war, Buddhist attitudes to weapons of mass destruction and engaged Buddhism and Buddhist responses to violence and terrorism.
Sample questions from Buddhism: Peace and Conflict
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Buddhist attitudes to peace
What does Dhammapada 205 teach about peace?
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Dhammapada 205 says a person who has tasted solitude and the peace of nibbana is free from fear and wrongdoing. -
Buddhist peacemaking and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
How do the opening verses of the Dhammapada show that peace begins in the mind?
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The Dhammapada opens by teaching that the mind shapes every word and deed. The work of peace therefore starts with calming one's own anger. -
Buddhist attitudes to conflict and its causes
How does hatred cause conflict?
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Hatred makes people see others as enemies to be defeated. Revenge then keeps the conflict going for generations. -
Buddhist pacifism and passive resistance
What is the history of pacifism in Buddhism?
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Pacifism has been part of Buddhism since the Buddha taught non-violence in the fifth century BCE. The Emperor Ashoka renounced war in the third century BCE after conquering Kalinga. -
Buddhist responses to the Just War theory
Who is Bhikkhu Bodhi?
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Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Theravada monk, scholar and translator of the Pali scriptures. Bhikkhu Bodhi founded Buddhist Global Relief in 2008. -
Buddhist attitudes to war
How can the Sammaditthi Sutta be applied to war?
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War involves killing and hatred, which the sutta names as unskilful. Right view sees that such actions lead to suffering for all involved. -
Buddhist attitudes to weapons of mass destruction
What does Dhammapada 130 teach about the value of life?
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Dhammapada 130 says that life is dear to all. Buddhists apply this to reject weapons that destroy life on a massive scale. -
Engaged Buddhism and Buddhist responses to violence and terrorism
How do Buddhists respond to terrorism?
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Terrorism is the use of violence against civilians to spread fear for political ends. Buddhists condemn terrorism as a breach of the First Precept and a product of hatred.
The 8 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Buddhist attitudes to peace | Dhammapada 198 to 208 on living in peace, contentment and companions, how inner peace links to peace in the world, a monk's peace and a lay Buddhist's, and whether Buddhism is always peaceful. | 10 |
| Buddhist peacemaking and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship | Dhammapada 5 to 8 on hatred and quarrels, peace beginning in the mind, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation, what the Buddhist Peace Fellowship does, Maha Ghosananda, and Nipponzan Myohoji. | 12 |
| Buddhist attitudes to conflict and its causes | Itivuttaka 50, how greed, hatred and delusion each lead to conflict, the problems conflict brings to society, situation ethics, and atheist and Humanist claims that religion causes conflict. | 11 |
| Buddhist pacifism and passive resistance | The Five Precepts and the Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta, Ashoka's non-violence, the Burmese monks of 2007 and the upturned alms bowl, Tibetan resistance, Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation, and why some reject strict pacifism. | 11 |
| Buddhist responses to the Just War theory | Why the theory is foreign to traditional Buddhist teaching, the conditions closest to it, Bhikkhu Bodhi's War and Peace: A Buddhist Perspective, the ship's captain in the Upaya-kaushalya Sutra, and situation ethics. | 11 |
| Buddhist attitudes to war | The Sammaditthi Sutta on skilful and unskilful action, the Kakacupama Sutta's simile of the saw, Japanese Zen in the twentieth century, Sri Lanka, Tibetan views on fighting China, and serving without fighting. | 11 |
| Buddhist attitudes to weapons of mass destruction | The harms and claimed benefits of weapons of mass destruction, Dhammapada 129 to 145 on violence, the value of life and the holy person, Japanese anti-nuclear campaigns, and the utilitarian case for deterrence. | 12 |
| Engaged Buddhism and Buddhist responses to violence and terrorism | The Karaniya Metta Sutta and why it was first taught, the Dalai Lama on 11 September 2001, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Order of Interbeing, and Sarvodaya Shramadana in Sri Lanka's civil war. | 12 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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