What does the Buddha say about actions in self defence?

[Sumano]

These two pre-existing threads about this topic might be of interest to you:

In your opinion, is it the only way to make a better world by breaking the precepts?

Continuing the discussion from Is it ok to take some alcohol occasionally?: They all are dependently originated phenomena. Think about what is Jewes doing to Muslims in Israel. Genghis Khan went back after chasing the Europeans all the way back to Europe. He was trying to protect his homeland. Even in Sri Lanka Tamil Terrorism is a reaction to the ill-treatment by majority Sinhalese. ( I am a Sinhalese by the way)

Difficult ethical question regarding killing

A Hindu friend of mine asked me to talk to his friend who is an active practitioner of the Ananda Marga teachings. At first, when we chatted a little bit about this and that, and it seemed like Ananda Marga is a regular-type Hindu organisation that is all about uniting with our paramatman and practicing loving kindness without restraint. Then, he suddenly mentioned a couple of beliefs that immediately alarmed me, especially in the light of my Hindu friend telling me Ananda Marga was involved in …