About the death penalty

　Certainly, when a crime of cruelty occurs, a feeling arises that the culprit should personally atone.
I also have a daughter. If they were murdered in a miserable manner, I'm still not sure if I can tell the culprit to live and make amends. However, I also have a son. If you have committed a crime for some reason, there is also a question about whether you can say that you should have your life to make amends, and whether your mother, Bosori, would say that too.
I think the idea that “the death penalty executed in a country governed by law is carried out by law, not by people,” is true. However, it is each and every one of our citizens who enacted and supports that law. I wouldn't be able to say that it was irrelevant to me because the law was enacted to end one person's life.
Murder is at the stage where the incident occurred, and it is irretrievable, and nothing can be done about it anymore. Even if the culprit is put to death, it does not mean that the victim will return. It's already too late.
Therefore, I think each of us has an obligation to create a world where incidents do not occur or occur.
Everyone likes it, and they don't commit murder. “Any heinous criminal has a cause that happened,” so isn't I at all responsible for living in the same era where I couldn't stop it? When asked, I'm at a loss for an answer.
Please don't end up hating the culprit, why don't we think together about how we can prevent incidents and what we can do for that...

Anger and hatred are the cause of trouble and suffering (anguish).
Humans are bound to die.
It's just that there are people who happen to die from murderers, people who die from illness, and people who die from accidents.

The reason we get angry or sad about it is a problem with our worries.

Therefore, the ideal is to be a mass of mercy and reason to hope that the perpetrators will be happy, without getting angry or hating, even if they become victims of crime.
It's pretty (ideal), but I want religious people to keep talking about beauty in society.
Also, for example, if my family were killed and I went against the culprit, I would like someone calm to persuade me cleanly and calm me down.
So, I think the world needs a monk who continues to preach beauty.
However, I think committing a crime equivalent to the death penalty in Japan, where there is actually a death penalty system, is in a sense an act of suicide for that person.
On the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, I think the whole nation should be made to pledge that “if I commit a crime, I don't mind being put to death.”
Also, human lives and animal lives are important. If you don't need to kill humans or insects, it's better not to kill them. When you're burning mosquito coils, you probably don't have the right to talk about the death penalty.

Is the death penalty a good or bad thing
It's just that there are a lot of people who want the death penalty before it's good or bad.
Also, for the sake of humanity, it's just that there are people who believe that life is precious to any villain must not be taken lightly, and that there are people who believe that life is precious.
When people die from lightning, no one protests.
My anger arises because people judge people and kill people according to their rules.
If only human lives increase steadily, the population will exceed 10 billion, and there will finally be a shortage of resources and food, and they will kill each other anyway and “that? Aren't you supposed to respect human life?” It seems like people like that end up going to war too.
Starting with the painful incident the other day, there are people in reality who think “I want them to be executed quickly” from the point of view of the Asahara defendant of Aum Shinrikyo and the family of people who had a terrible time.
No to the death penalty! There will also be people who want the person who killed them to be “put to death” if their relatives or loved ones are unreasonably and unjustifiably killed.
However, the biggest point and conclusion of this story is
I think it's all about looking at “one's own angry heart.”
This is a blind spot for many people.
Put that guy to death!! I'm sure everyone has things emotionally that make them think or think.
However, when those feelings subside and become quiet, when they are sleeping, when they forget, and when they are so busy that it doesn't matter whether their partner is put to death or not, people stop imposing their own rules.
There are also people who don't feel guilty for killing people.
Pleasure murders, ISIS, psychopaths... they are the animal world in the Buddhist world, so they don't have a human heart.
So is it OK or bad to use the death penalty?
Sometimes you can't judge things as good or bad.
Who makes decisions about the heart of right and wrong?
It's just that something that is bound by the small way of looking at the two views of good and evil makes it impossible to break out of that theory of relativity.
Crows scavenge trash, and birds peck and kill plants in fields, and a large number of insects occur.
Put it to death!
That angry heart has the same murderous intention as a murderer.
Therefore, it is necessary for people all over the world to face this feeling of anger.
“Whose and what heart is making noise!?”
That is the message from Buddhism.

“In this world, if you return your grudge with a grudge, your grudge will never calm down at last.
It is only when you let go of your grudges that you can calm down.
This is an eternal truth.”
These are Buddha's words.
The Buddha's country was destroyed by neighboring countries. But I'm not taking revenge. This is because revenge begets revenge, and I knew there would be no end to it.

The father of Honen Shonen, the founder of the Jodo sect, was fatally injured during a night attack. Whereas Honen Shonin, who was a child, said, “I will definitely take revenge,” my father plucked up his last strength and said it. “Never take revenge. My death was due to a cause and effect from a previous life. You become a monk and pray for my body. And learn Buddhism and save a lot of people.”
Honen Shonin's father also knew the importance of abandoning grudges.

Therefore, as a Buddhist, as a person aiming for enlightenment, abandoning grudges is a major challenge.
There is only a death penalty; before that, it is important to let go of grudges.

But it's difficult.
I also don't have the confidence that I won't complain if my family is killed right in front of me.
However, if grudges disappear from this world, don't you think most murders and the sorrow caused by it will go away?
If you don't reach enlightenment, you may not be able to completely abandon your grudge. However, since we are Buddhists and disciples of the Buddha, I think we still have to make an effort.

I think the Buddha could convert any murderer, so I'm sure they would be opposed to the death penalty.
I'm just trying to get even a little closer to the Buddha's teachings.