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Buddhism: Crime and Punishment
Buddhist attitudes to crime and its causes
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
The root causes of crime, Dhammapada 160 to 165 on responsibility and purity, the Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta on poverty, Fleet Maull and the Prison Dharma Network, and the Angulimala prison chaplaincy.
What you need to know
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What do Buddhists see as the root causes of crime?
What does Dhammapada 160 teach about responsibility?
Questions from this subtopic
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What do Buddhists see as the root causes of crime?
Model answer
Buddhists see crime as rooted in greed, hatred and ignorance. Poverty, addiction and a lack of education are contributing conditions.
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What does Dhammapada 160 teach about responsibility?
Model answer
Dhammapada 160 teaches that each person is their own protector. A person who masters themselves gains a protector hard to find.
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What does Dhammapada 161 teach about wrongdoing?
Model answer
Dhammapada 161 says the evil a person does grinds that person down, as a diamond grinds a lesser gem. The wrongdoer is the one harmed most of all.
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What does Dhammapada 163 teach about crime?
Model answer
Dhammapada 163 says that bad and harmful deeds are easy to do. Good and beneficial deeds are very hard to do.
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What does Dhammapada 165 teach about purity and impurity?
Model answer
Dhammapada 165 says evil is done by oneself, and by oneself one is made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself alone.
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How does the Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta link poverty to crime?
Model answer
The Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta tells of a king who failed to give to the poor. Poverty spread, and theft, violence and lying followed.
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