[Buddha-l] Compassionate Violence?

[Richard Hayes]

On May 31, 2013, at 21:07, "Dan Lusthaus" <vasubandhu at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Bhaviveka writes that as he descends into hell, it's like a silk flower falling toward a flame -- it is instantly jettisoned back upward. I.e., it's a perfunctory visit that barely transpires. 

This raises another kind of question: how on earth does anyone know what it's like to descend into hell after killing a tyrant? Do they know it on the same authority that a suicide bomber knows he ascends to heaven after killing the enemies of God?

Richard