Reading this I feel that it is difficult to answer this post with our or my knowledge. Yet the answer can be gained by reading Salleka sutta.( Discourse on effacement)Bundokji wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:34 am From my personal observations, we often deal with the problem of evil not with sympathy, but with condemnation. A more sympathetic way to address evil is to try to understand what is it that people who perform evil acts are trying to do.
Evil is often associated with annihilation. Its shadow seems to be purity. Would it be plausible to interpret evil action as an attempt to purify consciousness through annihilating a perception of an external threat?
Also earlier today, i did some reading on the idea of "consciousness of sin" which is mentioned in the bible. While the idea of sin has no place in Buddhism, cessation of some type of problematic consciousness has its place in the Buddhist doctrine.
Do forum members find the above parallels and interpretations plausible? Are there references in the suttas in support or against the above?
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With mettha