NEW214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thích Nhất Hạnh, Tibetan Literature, Bodhicitta
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Suicide + euthanasia (wednesday, october 30th / 2013)! Suicide is not always about someone who cannot handle their own life, sometimes it"s about curiosity that there"s something better than earthly existence ! De nition of suicide: any death in which the proximate cause of death is deliberately and not accidently in icted upon on oneself what ever is moral character. character of the act ! perceived as an act as suicide ! The motivations and intention behind the act determines the moral. The individual who gives their live for another or for a higher cause is not. We should always have a strong will about the positive things and rid. We need to be understanding and compassionate instead of judgmental ! Our bodies are unclean, impure and not worthwhile to develop any attachments ! The pain and suffering is a karmic consequences therefore you cannot escape or hide from it.
