Forwarded from ☸︎ KRSNAKVLT ☸︎
“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of self.
No man is free who cannot command himself.”
—Pythagoras (570BC-495BC)
No man is free who cannot command himself.”
—Pythagoras (570BC-495BC)
Forwarded from The Elders of the Black Sun
“If someone has resolved to commit a certain crime that would create negative karma, and if there exists no other choice for hindering this person from the crime and thus the highly negative karma that would result for all his future lives, then a pure motivation of compassion would theoretically justify the killing of this person.”
- His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
This is a fascinating article.
https://info-buddhism.com/Tibetan_Buddhism_Compassioate_Killing_King_Langdarma-Jens_Schlieter.html
- His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
This is a fascinating article.
https://info-buddhism.com/Tibetan_Buddhism_Compassioate_Killing_King_Langdarma-Jens_Schlieter.html
Info-Buddhism
Compassionate Killing or Conflict Resolution? The Murder of King Langdarma according to Tibetan Buddhist Sources by Jens Schlieter
Is it justifiable to kill a tyrant? And just, who counts as a tyrant? – The Murder of King Langdarma according to Tibetan Buddhist Sources
by Prof. Jens Schlieter
by Prof. Jens Schlieter