Motif
After-death moral consequence for harm
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses Chapter V. The Fool / Chapter VIII. The Thousands / Chapter IX. Evil / Chapter X. Punishment; lines 606-663 confidence: high
One who seeks happiness while punishing or killing beings who long for happiness will not find happiness after death; one who does not punish or kill will find happiness after death.
Harming or killing beings is linked to not finding happiness after death, while refraining is linked to finding happiness; the harmful fool is also said to go to hell after bodily destruction.
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