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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