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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume III - 2011 Somseen Chanawangsa 11 on this, there is no better way than to quote several verses from the Dhammapada : 19 ë ùHe abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed meûfithose who harbour such thoughts do not still their hatred. [ Dh . 3] ë ùHe abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed meûfithose who do not harbour such thoughts still their hatred. [ Dh . 4] ë Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is an eternal law. [ Dh . 5] ë By harming living beings, one is not a noble man. Through harmlessness towards all beings, one is called a noble man. [ Dh . 270] ë To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse oneûs own mindfithis is the teaching of the Buddhas. [ Dh . 183] ë Enduring patience is the highest austerity. ùNibbana is supreme,û say the Buddhas. He is not a true monk who harms another, nor a real renunciate who oppresses others. [ Dh . 184] ë Not despising, not harming, restraint according to the code of monastic discipline, moderation in food, dwelling in solitude, devotion to meditationfi this is the teaching of the Buddhas. [ Dh . 185] The last three and a half verses ( Dh . 183›185 with Dh . 185 consisting of one a half verses in the source text), in particular, are called the Principal Teaching ( ovadapatimokkha in Pali), or the Fundamental Teaching, not only of this present Gotama Buddha, but also of all other Buddhas, past and future. This should automatically dispel any doubts once and for all as to whether there is such a thing as ùBuddhist fundamentalismû or the Buddhist counterpart of religious fundamentalism in the sense explained above. As religious fundamentalism essentially stems from differing views among followers of the same religion on how their teachings should be interpreted, one might wonder how disagreements are to be resolved about certain teachings claimed to be Buddhist. Here is an important passage from Pasadika Sutta , 20 in which can be found the Buddhaûs own advice on this: 19 For the whole text of the Dhammapada , see Acharya Buddharakkhita (trans.). 1996. The Dhammapada: The Buddhaûs Path of Wisdom. 2nd ed. (with introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi). Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. 20 Chanawangsa, Somseen. 2010. Dhamma Bilingualized. Bangkok, p. 1. 1-15_mac9 4/26/12, 8:09 PM 11