Transcript BUDDHA*S PERSPECTIVE ON HAPPINESS

BUDDHA’S
PERSPECTIVE ON
PUNISHMENT
BUDDHA
- Born in Nepal 2500 years ago- a human
being,who did not claim to be a prophet or a god.
- “Awakened one” (someone who sees things as
they really are)
- Buddha exists in a living mind. (animal,person etc.)
- Supports all living being without exceptions.
- Indian Buddhist scholar Nagarjuna has said:
“There is no one who has not received help from
Buddha.”
PUNISHMENT
• NONVIOLENCE
1. REVENGE is unacceptable (Aking ordered an executioner
to cut off the Buddha's hands, feet, ears and nose. Despite the brutal
treatment, Buddha did not get angry or wish any evil on the king. )
2. Uprooting craving is the main cause of suffering.
3. First moral is to abstain from killing
PUNISHMENT
• KARMA
- Person’s faith and actions will be sorted out by
natural process of the universe. (not by people)
- Buddha warned his followers about that.
- Harsh concequences ( death of a loved one, going mad)
- Either in this or in a subsequent life
PUNISHMENT
• JUSTICE
- Suffering – outcome of greed and hatred
- Purpose is to instruct- teach a lesson
- Never for revenge
QUOTES BY BUDDHA
• “No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.”
• “You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished
by your anger.”
• “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
• “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the
wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and
the liar by speaking the truth.
• “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over
and over again.”
SOURCES
• http://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/howshould-a-criminal-be-treated-a-buddhistresponse
• http://people.opposingviews.com/buddhistbeliefs-punishment-8072.html
• http://www.aboutbuddha.org
• https://thebuddhistcentre.com/text/who-wasbuddha
• https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/216
7493.Gautama_Buddha?page=2