Karmic Law and Mutual Aid: Insights from Buddhism and Anarchism
Rev Left Radio
Violence in the Context of Marxism
Buddhists are quite well known for taking non-violence to very extreme extents I mean Jainism as well where you know killing of bugs is not even permitted. There's a part of me that feels the moral depravity of slaughtering innocent bugs and stuff so when I see a spider I won't kill it if I can at all avoid it. My daughter and wife are pushing me to commit acts of horrendous slaughter against spiders um but what do you how do you think of violence in the context of Buddhism? How do you reconcile Buddhism with your Marxism or anarchism which at least believe in the possibilityUm of revolution which in almost every instance historically involves some degree of violence
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