Hello Yana,
Yana said: but if you can find me an example of a rapist who mended his ways and joined the Buddha,i will be willing to open my heart up
This might be of interest:
Josef Fritzl embraces Buddhism
Published: Friday, January 30, 2009, 11:24 [IST]
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl, who caged his teenage daughter in a cellar and repeatedly raped her over 24 years, has converted to Buddhism.
The 74-year-old has also invited criminal psychologists to study his warped mind.
Fritzl first came to know about the religion - which focuses on personal spiritual development - during a family holiday in Thailand.
But he only recently became a devoted follower while in jail, reports the Sun.
He is currently awaiting trial on March 16 for murder, rape, slavery, incest, imprisonment and abuse.
But he hopes to be reincarnated as a decent person in his next life if he can help stop other weirdos copying his crimes.
He wants experts to quiz him to work out the root of his evil.
Fritzl told his lawyer: "They should look at what makes me tick and learn from it to stop anything like this happening again."
Forensic psychiatrist Professor Reinhardt Haller said: "It would be foolish to refuse this offer."
Fritzl imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth for 24 years in a dungeon under the family home in Amstetten and used her as his sex slave.
She bore seven children by her dad - one of whom he is accused of killing by failing to get medical help when the boy was born with breathing difficulties. An eighth child was miscarried. (ANI)
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e European tabloids are abuzz with the news that Josef Fritzl, who infamously raped his daughter, imprisoning her in his cellar for 24 years, has “converted to Buddhism.” The Sun (absolutely not to be confused with the Shambhala Sun!) reports that Fritzl “hopes to be reincarnated as a decent person in his next life if he can help stop other weirdos copying his crimes,” and “wants experts to quiz him to work out the root of his evil.”
The monstrosity of his crimes can, of course, not be denied, and people are expected to “take sides.” One person I know even told me “you shouldn’t even report on that. He’s the sickest @#&*%@ on the planet.” On the other hand, the mighty Konchog Norbu reminds us that things aren’t so clear-cut, saying, simply, “It worked for Angulimala.” And we all know the great work and change that the dharma has affected in so many prisoners’ lives.
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with metta
Chris