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"Not to Kill any Living Being" - The First Buddhist Precept | Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha
On the first Full Moon Day of this year's Rains Retreat, Ajahn Dhammasiha dedicates his Dhamma Talk to the first Buddhist precept:"Pāṇātipātā veramaṇi sikkhāpdaṃ samādiyāmi"."I undertake the training-rule to abstain from killing any living being".Ajahn quotes from a military study that found the majority of US American soldiers in 2nd World War deliberately avoided shooting to kill. They tried to shoot intentionally high or low, or not at all, even in the middle of battle when their own life was in danger.[S.L.A. Marshall: "Men Against Fire - The Problem of Battle Command"]Of those who fired…
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