ED, There is no purpose or "mission" in the Dharma. Again, what is, is.
Acceptance of what is leads to Compassion (for all) and needs no justification. Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 27 February, 2011 22:56:09 Subject: [Zen] Re: Can A Buddha Harm Others? Mike, Yes. "Things are the way they are, and are not the way they are not." And, as per Dharma, our mission ought to be to turn dross into gold. Concerning your second point: Unwholesome activity of the past is not justified by some good in the present that is believed to have ensued from it, nor by potential good in the future from it. ~ED --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > Mayka, > What is, is. > Just like we wouldn't have had a Mahatma Gandhi without the British > occupation of India - so can good things come from rape. > Mike
