Hello,
Tackattack in your introduction post you mentioned Buddhism and it's approach to hatred. I don't understand your mentioning karma, but from the Buddhist perspective hatred is a powerful emotion that can be harvested to bring about desired actions. The stumbling block however is simply giving in to hatred, and perhaps fuelling uncontrolled anger.
Verse five of the Dhammapada states:
"Hatred is never appeased by hatred.
Hatred is only appeased by Love (or, non-enmity).
This is an eternal law."
Later on in the 8th century Santideva expanded on this with, ""There is no evil equal to hatred, and no spiritual practice equal to forbearance. Therefore, one ought to develop forbearance, by various means, with great effort."
And also, "One's mind finds no peace, neither enjoys pleasure nor delight, nor sleeps, nor feels secure while the thorn of hatred is stuck in the heart."
The Buddha taught that hatred and aversion, like their opposites desire and greed, spring from a fundamental ignorance. Buddhism teaches that, greed, hatred, and delusion are known as the three poisons to be overcome if we are to be happy. But hatred and anger can also be powerful allies during the right circumstances, if we are able to control them.
Tackattack in your introduction post you mentioned Buddhism and it's approach to hatred. I don't understand your mentioning karma, but from the Buddhist perspective hatred is a powerful emotion that can be harvested to bring about desired actions. The stumbling block however is simply giving in to hatred, and perhaps fuelling uncontrolled anger.
Verse five of the Dhammapada states:
"Hatred is never appeased by hatred.
Hatred is only appeased by Love (or, non-enmity).
This is an eternal law."
Later on in the 8th century Santideva expanded on this with, ""There is no evil equal to hatred, and no spiritual practice equal to forbearance. Therefore, one ought to develop forbearance, by various means, with great effort."
And also, "One's mind finds no peace, neither enjoys pleasure nor delight, nor sleeps, nor feels secure while the thorn of hatred is stuck in the heart."
The Buddha taught that hatred and aversion, like their opposites desire and greed, spring from a fundamental ignorance. Buddhism teaches that, greed, hatred, and delusion are known as the three poisons to be overcome if we are to be happy. But hatred and anger can also be powerful allies during the right circumstances, if we are able to control them.
