Jurnal Penelitian: Toleransi dalam Perspektif Agama Buddha

MENGEMBANGKAN TOLERANSI UNTUK MENYIKAPI POTENSI KONFLIK  ANTARUMAT BERAGAMA DALAM PERSPEKTIF AGAMA BUDDHA

Sabar Sukarno

STABN Sriwijaya

sabar_sukarno@yahoo.com

Abstract

Religion ideally serve as a guide for human life. All religions teach goodness and promise happiness and salvation. But the diversity of religious teachings and interpretations by adherents can lead to an attitude that does not respect the views of others so prone to conflict. Buddhism is believed to teach interfaith tolerance. This paper aims to describe the values of tolerance according to the teachings of Buddhism contained in the Tipitaka scriptures.

This paper is a literature review with a hermeneutic approach. The main data sources of the research are the Tipitaka scriptures, and various references related to inter-religious tolerance. Technique of collecting data by collecting suttas (Buddha’s discourses) in Tipitaka scriptures which is relevant to the theme of conflict and tolerance among religious people. Data analysis was done by hermeneutic approach.

The results show that Buddhist teachings in the Tipitaka Scriptures contain tolerant values. The suttas show the Buddha's advice, actions, and attitudes along with his disciples who apply values of tolerance in social relationships between believers.

Keywords: tolerance, conflict, religious people

Jurnal Penelitian ini diterbitkan oleh Sekolah Tinggi Agama Buddha Negeri Sriwijaya Tangerang Banten
website: http://stabn-sriwijaya.ac.id/

Baca juga Respon Mahasiswa Buddhis terhadap Situasi Intoleransi Antarumat Beragama