[Buddha-l] Silence of the List

[Stephen Hodge]

Gad Horowitz wrote

> "Because you lack the karmic necessity to kill even a single person, you 
> do
> not commit murder.  That is why you do not kill, not because YOU are GOOD.

This part of the Shinran quote is reminiscent of something that Gandhi 
said -- to paraphrase:  only the strong have a right to call themselves true 
pacificists; the weak are pacificists only out of necessity.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge