{"id":156973,"date":"2026-06-27T15:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T22:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=156973"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T22:04:24","slug":"buddhisms-bloodless-victories-through-conquest-of-the-mind-remarkable-chapter-in-human-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/06\/27\/buddhisms-bloodless-victories-through-conquest-of-the-mind-remarkable-chapter-in-human-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhism’s bloodless victories through conquest of the mind – Remarkable Chapter in Human History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senaka Weeraratna<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The phrase “Buddhism’s Master stroke \u2013 Conquest of the Mind of the Western Man”<\/strong> stems from an essay by Sri Lankan Buddhist scholar Senaka Weeraratna. The caption is a new innovative phrase. The article describes a peaceful, intellectual transformation where Eastern spiritual wisdom reshapes Western thought. [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddhism’s Bloodless Counter Offensive has swept the Western World with a remarkable paradigm shift of seeking salvation through self – help rather than divine intervention. The Buddha denied the existence of a God as serving any useful purpose for human advancement. The West increasingly subscribes to this Buddha’s fundamental belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This phenomenon fulfills a prediction by the celebrated British historian Dr. Arnold Toynbee<\/strong>, who conceptualized the peaceful export of Eastern philosophy as a historic “counter-offensive”<\/strong>. It serves as a philosophical response to centuries of Western material and religious expansion. [1<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/strong> The Nature of the “Counter-Offensive”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n