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**beriarele** · 11-09-2011, 02:13 AM

Does Buddhist Thought allow for a person to deliberately increase the suffering of another person in the hope that it will teach a lesson that might otherwise never be learned?

Definately not recommended in any tradition, to my knowledge. It sounds an extremely unskilful approach to one's Dharma practice.

But what if they drown?

I always remember a Tibetan rinpoche saying to a group of us "You can't save someone else from drowning until you have learnt to swim yourself. "

Speaking from my own experiences, it was very wise advice. I once put myself in grave danger mistakenly thinking I could "help" someone else.

11-09-2011, 02:13 AM	#3
beriarele Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 333 Senior Member	Does Buddhist Thought allow for a person to deliberately increase the suffering of another person in the hope that it will teach a lesson that might otherwise never be learned? Definately not recommended in any tradition, to my knowledge. It sounds an extremely unskilful approach to one's Dharma practice. But what if they drown? I always remember a Tibetan rinpoche saying to a group of us "You can't save someone else from drowning until you have learnt to swim yourself. " Speaking from my own experiences, it was very wise advice. I once put myself in grave danger mistakenly thinking I could "help" someone else.
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