"Because you let us." Is an apt summary of how the deceivers view what they do to you. That's at best. I was pondering your Buddhist teaching overview versus the sheer brutality of the more Abrahamic religions, which I think explains the disparity between the saying being viewed as a generally positive trait (I.e. don't focus on those negative things) versus being a negative trait (they will push you to your death if you let them). I don't have an exact answer for synthesis there. I was contrasting this with the hauntingly evocative part real history and stories of the Bolshevik revolution and genocide:https://craignelsen.substack.com/p/whats-a-gentile-to-do I ponder if Buddha ever addressed such situations....and if such tortured souls have power beyond this life.
The contrast between the claimed Buddhist origin of see no evil via the wise monkeys versus the western interpretation is stark. I had always understood that Buddhism focuses on attaining enlightenment via ridding one's self of the 'defilements' which means all hatred, desire, envy, violence et cetera basically all negative emotional states - it is a head-spinner to contemplate how the Buddhist belief translates to actually dealing with evil in this physical realm in this corporeal form. For the most part I understand that Buddhism heavily focuses on karma via the Buddhist wheel of life, i.e. actions in this life to have consequences in the next life. I'll have to ask my wife more about the literal interpretation of see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil. I'll check out the article you linked to, thanks Amy.
"Because you let us." Is an apt summary of how the deceivers view what they do to you. That's at best. I was pondering your Buddhist teaching overview versus the sheer brutality of the more Abrahamic religions, which I think explains the disparity between the saying being viewed as a generally positive trait (I.e. don't focus on those negative things) versus being a negative trait (they will push you to your death if you let them). I don't have an exact answer for synthesis there. I was contrasting this with the hauntingly evocative part real history and stories of the Bolshevik revolution and genocide:https://craignelsen.substack.com/p/whats-a-gentile-to-do I ponder if Buddha ever addressed such situations....and if such tortured souls have power beyond this life.
The contrast between the claimed Buddhist origin of see no evil via the wise monkeys versus the western interpretation is stark. I had always understood that Buddhism focuses on attaining enlightenment via ridding one's self of the 'defilements' which means all hatred, desire, envy, violence et cetera basically all negative emotional states - it is a head-spinner to contemplate how the Buddhist belief translates to actually dealing with evil in this physical realm in this corporeal form. For the most part I understand that Buddhism heavily focuses on karma via the Buddhist wheel of life, i.e. actions in this life to have consequences in the next life. I'll have to ask my wife more about the literal interpretation of see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil. I'll check out the article you linked to, thanks Amy.