Not very Buddhist.

[hermitwin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A92yVasW9BE

[SDC]

http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=13420

EDIT - That documentary was heartbreaking.

[Hanzze]

In german there is a word "Enttäuschung" which in its normal use means something like disappointment. But when we look more exact on the word (ent = negation, täuschung = illusion) its like disillusion.
Understanding what Buddha had taught (her the first noble truth) has to go through many disillustions and the more disappointment, the more grows the faith into a safe offshore.
A day of no disappointment is a day of illusion, or already on a good track.To get throught this is our appointment. So actually its good to be enttäuscht.

[DAWN]

It's not buddhism and not buddhists.

When some buddhist kill some one - automaticly he is no more buddhist, aven if he still thinking and telling that he is a buddhist the one who is lead by Buddha Teachings.
So we cant say that there is buddhism somewhere.

But, we can say, that there is peoples, who killing them selves, being attachet to their identity, they are ready to DIE for this identity... What these foolish peoples will make with their buddhist or muslims or whatever identity after death ?

Mara won.

[santa100]

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[DAWN]

[Jaidyn]

i think even a killer can acquire the buddhist-title later.. but at the moment of killing it is on the contrary to buddhism

[DAWN]

No he cant
It's Parajika

[Jaidyn]

correct from your point of view..

I was thinking an enlightened being would be a buddhist.. but, yes, a killer becoming enlightened would still not be a buddhist, if the title requires not having been excluded from the sangha in the past..

but i would consider him/her (in later enlightened form) a buddhist

[Mawkish1983]

No true Scotsman.

[mikenz66]

Hi Jaidyn,

i think even a killer can acquire the buddhist-title later.. but at the moment of killing it is on the contrary to buddhism

Certainly, according to the teachings a former killer can become enlightened:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
MN 86 Angulimala Sutta


Mike

[Jaidyn]

Thank you.. I looked up the wiki on Angulimala which was very elaborating
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angulimala

think it illustrates the beauty of the teaching