[Buddha-l] Silence of the List

[Tom Troughton]

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:10:34 -0800, Gad Horowitz wrote:

>speaking of karma, here is a nice quotation from Shinran:
>"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.
>On the other hand, even though you did not want to kill, it may so happen
>that you nevertheless kill hundreds or thousands of people>" and he would
>apply this to Rumsfeld, Rove, and me and thee, would he not?

What is the context of this quote?

Best wishes

Tom Troughton