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zondag 14 augustus 2022

Buddha & Jesus Said, One Should Not Kill A Living Being.

This means one should abstain from killing or destroying beings, either by physical action or by verbal incitement, ranging from killing the eggs of bugs and lice to causing abortion or the slaughter of living sentient beings, especially human beings. (Ledi 1977, 49)

This means to refrain from destroying any form of life, for all living beings love life, fear death, seek happiness, and avoid pain; it applies even to animals and insects though not including plants, which lack full-fledged consciousness, which explains the monk’s primarily vegetarian diet.

It is of interest to note here that the Buddha did not require a fully vegetarian diet of his monks. They were to accept whatever was given them as alms food. Fish and even meat were allowable, provided that they had not been killed especially for oneself. (Jivoka SuttaMajjhima Nikaya 55)

One should avoid killing oneself by suicide and harming or torturing sentient beings. Killing by accident is not accompanied by any degree of negative kamma, as there is no intention. The higher the sentient being, the more negative is the kamma. The motive for killing carries grave weight, and killing dependent on greed, hatred, and delusion is of the worst kind. (Bodhi 1984, 58–59)

The antidote for abstaining from taking life is loving-kindness and compassion for all sentient beings—identifying with all beings with heartfelt sympathy and wishing their welfare. Right intention means good will, harmlessness, and concern for others. One who feels such concern will be so imbued with feelings of love for other sentient beings that he will not be able to harm them.


http://www.humanedecisions.com/buddha-said-one-should-not-kill-a-living-being/ 


https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/concerning-right-action-and-right-livelihood/


https://www.openbible.info/topics/thou_shalt_not_kill


https://www.infowars.com/posts/trump-should-face-execution-over-alleged-nuclear-docs-suggest-ex-cia-chief-others/

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