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Did the Buddha ever teach that we have a special responsibility to those we have injured?

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I posted the identikit question to Christianity stackexchange, and was met with dumb silence. Which, really, I was shocked by. E.g. the parable of the good samaratin: > Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to > Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat > him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest > was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other > side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and > saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he > travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with > compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and > wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and > took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two > denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of > him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' > Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbour to him > who fell among the robbers?" > > He said, "He who showed mercy on him." > > Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." 'Mercy' can be defined as - compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm. Which is very, very close to exactly what I mean: compassion towards someone who you have punished or harmed. Because it seems to me to be *the bedrock* of intelligent ethics, I was very interested in if the Buddha ever discussed this. 1. Did the Buddha ever teach that we have a special responsibility to those we have injured?
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Apr 16, 2016, 12:08 PM
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