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Re: Buddhism
« Reply #30 on: April 15, 2024, 10:10:56 pm »
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For not by hatred do hatreds cease

This makes no sense in the context of the initial actions:

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“He abused me, he struck at me, he overcame me, he robbed me,”

These are not actions of hatred, but actions of domination. (As I always say, bullies never hate their victims.) Therefore if the teaching is to not seek to dominate in reaction to being dominated, I would agree, and would interpret the above quote as actually meaning such.

From your link:

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vera:[nt.] enmity; hatred.

I suggest enmity is the better translation, specifically in the sense of rivalry (with its inherent egotism and hence reinforcement of self/non-self distinction), which fits my point.

False Leftists calling racist crimes "hate crimes" does not mean the racists are in fact motivated by hatred either (they are not). We have to take mainstream translations involving the word "hatred" in general with the same scepticism as we take the term "hate crime".
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