Angulimala killed 999 people, not just one. Sure, he met the Buddha (an extraordinary event), and despite his murder spree, had many positive qualities himself that allowed him to become Arhat. But none of us have killed even 1 person, let alone 999.cooran wrote:Not unless you are someone as fortunate as Angulimala who met the Buddha. A one-of-a-kind decision was made by the Buddha to ordain him.
with metta
Chris
Incurring monetary debt as result of outside forces (such as bad economy, bad partners, and general worldly requirements such as university, mortgages, debts inherited from someone else, etc) imho is much less than killing even 1 person, nothing to say about killing 999.
It seems that western society is built in such a way that it gives us a lot of debt.
But murder is different. Sure we may not have such good qualities as Angulimala had, and we didn't meet the Buddha in this life. But we didn't kill one, let alone 999 people