The life of a criminal (about the death penalty)

People who commit serious crimes can get a death sentence, right?

I've heard from people things like how to execute the death penalty...

It makes me think that no matter what the heinous sinner is, humans should not touch humans.
Killing doesn't mean that the wounds of the bereaved family will heal, and if that is the case, shouldn't they keep making amends until death? and.
For the bereaved families, I don't want them to be alive, and I think there are people who want the death penalty, but I'm not convinced that humans will take their hands on it.
Isn't life imprisonment good?

I personally think that the final atonement or punishment is something that a god or Buddha will befall in another world when the sinner dies, but what do the monks think?

Also, it's a Zen book I read a long time ago, and I forgot what Zen word it is, but it's part of something like an explanation for that Zen word
It said, “No matter what kind of crime a villainous person has committed, they must not forget that the Buddha has a heart.” There are many despicable incidents in the world today, and I myself feel heartbroken and disgusted, but I want to believe in that Zen language.
For victims and bereaved families, I think it's really unforgivable, and it feels painful and unmotivated, and it would be difficult to wipe away the hate...

I've never been in such a situation, so I wonder if I can say something beautiful like this...

I was asked another question yesterday, and I felt that my heart felt somewhat lighter, and then a lot of questions came up that I wanted to ask σ (^_^;) I'm sorry.
Thank you very much.

4 Zen Responses

It's a causal relationship

If I replace it with myself, I feel like I'm still not enough to kill a criminal, even if I kill them.
I acknowledge the cruelty within me.
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The death penalty system suppresses that cruelty and instead leads to acts.
It may be fair to say that the death penalty system is a retaliation contract system.
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If you think of it as retaliation, as a Buddhist, I think you can say that as a Buddhist, you don't have to leave it up to cause and cause to cause and cause.
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However, not everyone can become a saint.
If you expect judgment after death as a cause and effect
As long as it is a system, the death penalty must also be due to a causal relationship in this world.
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Being born in Japan, which has a death penalty system, is also a cause and effect.

There is a commandment of immortality, so if you are a Buddhist, you are against the death penalty.

I also intend to understand the feelings of the bereaved families,
If I become a bereaved family,
You would want the assailants to die.

but
I think Yuri's opinion is correct.
It's not that they die without surprise due to the death penalty,
We should repent by suffering and suffering while living.

There are no life sentences in Japan, so
I don't think the death penalty will be abolished.

Abolishing the death penalty is desirable, but it won't be that easy

　The Hiroshima High Court handed down a death sentence to the former boy on April 22, 2008 in a remand appeal hearing against a former boy (27) charged with murder and lethal rape for murdering a mother and child in Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

At the time, I wrote the following blog post. (FYI)

“The “difficulty for people to judge people” is natural, and the opinion that “the death penalty is murder by a nation” is also valid. There are also more than a few people who insist on abolishing the death penalty. Is abolishing the death penalty and applying life sentences of 50 or 80 years seen in Europe and the United States effective in deterring crimes and correcting criminals? I don't think it's very effective. I think there is a difference in deterrent effects on crimes, especially murder charges, between cases where life imprisonment or life imprisonment is the maximum punishment and cases where the death penalty is the maximum punishment.

In that sense, Motomura Akira, whose wife and child were killed at the press conference after the judgment, expressed a very accurate idea about the state of the criminal system.

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After all, I think criminal law is a means to achieve the goal of maintaining social order. A very heavy judgment called the death penalty has been handed down, but I don't think this is the end of it, and I think that our bereaved families must also receive this heavy sentence and live properly, and if it doesn't become an opportunity for everyone in society to think about how to create a society where neither victims nor perpetrators of crimes are born, and how to create a society where such a cruel and cruel sentence called the death penalty can be created, I think my wife, daughter, and the defendant all died a dog.
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“How do we create a society where neither victims nor perpetrators of crime are born?”
The meaning of this word is heavy.

I think there are things we should discuss before advancing the abolition of the death penalty. A society where there is no need for the death penalty. How can we create such a society? How should we change today's society? What should we do to eliminate crime? I often ask myself these questions.
At least, “the death penalty is cruel.” “There are many countries that have abolished the death penalty.” I don't think we should discuss abolition of the death penalty just because of that. Correctional education within the current criminal system, and home education, school education, social education, and employment. It is probably only when these function organically that crime prevention becomes possible.”
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/dorinji/22760265.html

hate sin, don't hate people

Basically, I don't think there are any bad people for humans. It's just that causing trouble to people for some reason becomes a legal issue.

As long as we live in groups, we need rules. I don't even know if punishment is necessary.

However, in terms of Buddhism, there is no punishment. If you retaliate against hate by acting violently, an endless chain of hatred will always begin.

I think we must become adults (daidin) who hate our sins, don't hate people, and more importantly, don't hate our sins and forgive them.

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