If I'm poor, can I be allowed to steal?

　First of all, I would like to congratulate the “Shoplifting Family” on winning the Palme d'Or award.

Shoplifting is a criminal act both socially, and Buddhism also has “unscrupulous stealing,” and it is strongly commanded.
Therefore, I also felt a sense of incongruity with the fact that a work bearing such a title received an award.

Meanwhile, this movie hasn't been released yet, and I haven't watched it either.
I don't think it's the right thing to do to criticize anything by looking at only a part of it.
I would also like to make a judgment by looking at the work.

But well, “Lupin the Third” is also a story that praises acts of theft, and many suspense dramas also have endings that justify murderers. I don't think directing or watching such content will promote misconduct.

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

What I suddenly remembered was that director Kitano Takeshi, who has many films featuring Yakuza, said, “Don't you think the violent scenes in your movies have an adverse effect on children?” In an interview, “Probably close to 70% of the movies shown in the world are love or love movies. But the world isn't going to be peaceful, is it? If movies had that kind of influence, there would be no wars all over the world and they would be full of love, right?” It's a famous story that was returned.

While everyone praises the importance of love and peace, I also feel the irony of this world where that is not always the case.

Anyway, our human behavior changes from good to bad depending on our motives.

If the motive is dirty due to worry, the act will also become dirty.

Buddhism also exists in order to adjust that motive to something pure and good.

However, it is quite difficult, but in the depths of affliction, humans have an “ignorance” (fundamental ignorance) called “giving up on club” (affliction disorder, to be precise), so it can also be said that most of the actions under the influence of this “ignorance” are bad, in other words...

Of course, with this, most acts can be bad work, but after being a little aware of that, in Buddhism, it is important to change your motives to something pure and good as possible, and adjust your actions to something clean and good.

At first, while working on treating anxiety (affliction disorder), eventually, we aim to treat intellectual disability, which is abandonment like the remnants of worry.

Also, since there are various differences between crimes defined by the public and acts that cause misconduct in Buddhism, there are parts where it is quite difficult to discuss both in the same way.

After all, I think it will be necessary to analyze the motive part in detail as to whether theft becomes bad business.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

Anyway, I'd like to watch this movie at least once.
If you look at it, you might be able to tell something.
The title didn't win an award.
That's because the content got an award.

Of course, thieves are not allowed. This is because the path to enlightenment is getting farther away. This is because they cause their own suffering. It also causes suffering for those who have been stolen.
I don't think Buddha would say that's OK. I'm sure they'll tell you that if you can't live without stealing, then you should become a monk.

Wisdom (the ability of the mind) is necessary to cultivate goodness.
Not limited to shoplifting, people who commit crimes have poor abilities.
Buddhism encourages ascetic practices to improve abilities, but after all, there are people with low abilities due to their natural talents and the environment in which they grew up.
On the other hand, if you have high abilities, there is reason to catch the good even when you are poor.

Crime is a bad thing.
You should of course be subject to legal penalties.

However, in terms of Buddhism, it's not about hating people with low abilities,
I look at people with low abilities with a sense of mercy (feeling that I want to make them happy) and think about leading them to improve their abilities even a little (so they don't commit a crime).

Even in the real world, there are people who shoplift with their whole family.
Even at the store where I used to work, there were customers who were habitual shoplifters, from my grandmother to my grandson.

Among such people, there are also people close to, if not intellectually disabled.
There are people who can't get a decent job or commit crimes impulsively.
There are also people who find it difficult to abide by the rules in terms of ability, even when criticized by people around them.
There are also genetics and family circumstances.
When a man and woman with such low abilities get married, their children may also grow up in the same way.
I think it's probably a “there is” story for people doing welfare-related work all over the country.

If you were born as such a child, that sorrow may be difficult.
I don't think it's a bad thing to think about the grief of the weak.