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How did the officially Buddhist empires of Southeast Asia reconcile Buddhism's legendary pacifism with their military conquests? Also, did Buddhism have an impact in mitigating the destructiveness of war in this area?

by /u/Timely_Jury in /r/AskHistorians

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