If there is no such a thing as death, then why is it wrong to kill?
Very good question
when you want to kill
You have a wrong perception
You think that you can kill
supposed you want to kill a cloud
because you don't know that a cloud can never dies
a cloud can only become a snow or rain
so the willingness to kill is a kind of energy
characterized by ignorance
wrong perception
and anger, and violence
that is why the act of killing is wrong
wrong because it does not have an intelligent, wisdom
It has a lot of violence and suffering
Even before the act of trying to kill
is already wrong
and what is wrong can bring a lot of suffering
not to us and not to the other person
but to ourselves
The person who killed Martin Luther King
The person who killed Mahatma Gandhi
The person who killed John F. Kennedy
The person who killed Jesus Christ
They were people who suffered a lot
They had a lot of anger, fear, violence
Because they have a lot of ignorance
wrong perception
they think that they can kill
You cannot kill Martin Luther King
he becomes very strong after your attemp to kill him
Martin Luther King now is stronger than before
supposed you want to kill a cloud
How you can kill a cloud?
You loose your time
So, your attempt to kill someone, to destroy someone
will only lead to your suffering
And, that is why we have to touch
the true nature of no birth and no death
Someone who commit suicide
That is an act bringing you a lot of suffering
Because he thinks that he can kill himself
But the fact is that he cannot kill himself
And his attempt to kill himself
make him suffer more
and make people around him suffer more
You cannot die
You cannot kill someone
So, Mahatma Gandhi is still alive
and he is very strong now
He is in everyone of us
Martin Luther King also
Jesus Christ also
The Buddha also
In his time many people try to kill the Buddha also
so, the willingness to kill is suffering
because it has ignorance, anger, violence in it
And, modern science also agreed with the Buddha
that you cannot kill anything
You cannot make anything disappear
Nothing can die
Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd, tout se transforme.
There is only transformation
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