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**JulietOreira** · 06-08-2010, 02:31 AM

Also, the Buddha certainly held people can be innocent victims.

The Dhammapada states:

137. He who inflicts violence on those who are unarmed and offends those who are inoffensive, will soon come upon one of these ten states:

138-140 Sharp pain or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness or derangement of mind, trouble from the government or grave charges, loss of relatives or loss of wealth or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.

Dandavagga: Violence So here, the Buddha has said violence is born from ignorance in the mind of the doer of violent actions.

Here, the Buddha did not blame the victim.

06-08-2010, 02:31 AM	#11
JulietOreira Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 584 Senior Member	Also, the Buddha certainly held people can be innocent victims. The Dhammapada states: 137. He who inflicts violence on those who are unarmed and offends those who are inoffensive, will soon come upon one of these ten states: 138-140 Sharp pain or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness or derangement of mind, trouble from the government or grave charges, loss of relatives or loss of wealth or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell. Dandavagga: Violence So here, the Buddha has said violence is born from ignorance in the mind of the doer of violent actions. Here, the Buddha did not blame the victim.
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