The death of a monk
This is a question that came up when I asked the question last time.
I don't remember exactly how many years ago, but... one day, a young monk with a promising future was murdered. At night, when they were careful about young people who were acting dangerously on the street, they were assaulted by them when they turned their backs on it, and it seems that they took their last breath after that.
I was shocked when I happened to watch this report on TV at the time. It probably overlapped with the fact that a person in a special position called a monk was sacrificed, and my personal feelings and experiences up to that point. I couldn't forget it for a while. However, as the years went by, I forgot it little by little, and I didn't even remember it. However, when I read an essay written by a monk a few years ago, I immediately remembered it.
Coincidentally, that incident was written there. Of course, there was no description of my real name, etc., but I was reminded of the scene of the incident shown on TV at the time, like a flashback. Sparsely popular nighttime scenes that seem to be everywhere, dark night streets and streets, white guardrails illuminated by streets, and voices of female announcers reading articles.
The author and the victim man had a senior/junior relationship at the ascetic dojo, and the man died suddenly after finishing his ascetic practice and returning to the temple at his parents' house. It seems that the chief priest, who is his father and mentor, stated this during his funeral greetings.
“Still, I wonder if I have to forgive...”
In Buddhist teachings, no matter what, all people are equal, and there are big or small reasons for words and actions. The young people who became perpetrators also probably had their own causes and reasons for acting violently in anger, regardless of whether they had murderous intent or not. But whether or not you can forgive that is another story. However, if we don't forgive or give up, we must continue to suffer as long as we live. Also, victims of violent incidents are working so that this kind of thing never happens again, but apart from that activity, was there really any salvation for them?
What does “forgive” mean? Can you be saved if you give up... but don't you just know that there's nothing you can do about “the human world”... what exactly is “salvation”?