The harm of killing |
In the news these days, I see so many killings. Killing begets more killing.
The killers and the killed are bound by endless cycles of vengeance from one existence to the next.
You kill him then he kills you, taking turn in the never ending wheel of kamma.
I see the harm of killing in this way: if we kill them, we commit a negative kamma which cuts down our own virtue; if they kill us, they take away our chance to perform virtues and build merit.
I make the resolution to never kill anyone so that I will never be killed in any lifetime until I ultimately reach Nibbana.
If someone wishes to harm me, let the thought of harming me quickly disappear from him. |
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