
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Basic Teachings – Part 1 – Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Heart of the Buddhas Teachings”
Everyday Zen Podcast
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Don't Take Life
A lot of people were angry with me for doing that, and said that i was foolishly advocating suicide as a form of buddhist protest. The doli lama has not spoken out in saying that you shouldn't do this, or that it's against buddhist precepts. So he doesn't condemn these actsor criticise them in any way. And we know for sure that in the past and in the present, asian buddhists have committed acts of radical self sacrifice or self mutilation out of passion and devotion.
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