Shimi
Lupus Ovis Pelle Indutus
Does a persons intention influence or determine their Karma? Can can someones intentions be just even when violence is used to revolve an conflict?
A man robs a store at gun point. The police arrived before he could escape with the money. This causes the man to take hostages. He demands that $50,000 be wired into a bank account, before he will let the hostages go. He shoots one hostage in the leg to show that he is serious. Instead of complying, the police send in a sniper and the man is killed.
The police resorted to killing the man. However their intent was to save the hostages. Have the police created "negative" karma? Or is it because of their intent to save lives that they created "good" karma? Can there simply be none at all? Is this justice even though it was resolved by violence?
Now, the man that robbed the store. He attempted to steal money so that he could pay for his wife's chemotherapy, and save her life. That was his intention. However to do that he had to create suffering and harm by shooting someone and taking hostages. So what is his karma? Does his intention justify the harm and pain he created?
A man robs a store at gun point. The police arrived before he could escape with the money. This causes the man to take hostages. He demands that $50,000 be wired into a bank account, before he will let the hostages go. He shoots one hostage in the leg to show that he is serious. Instead of complying, the police send in a sniper and the man is killed.
The police resorted to killing the man. However their intent was to save the hostages. Have the police created "negative" karma? Or is it because of their intent to save lives that they created "good" karma? Can there simply be none at all? Is this justice even though it was resolved by violence?
Now, the man that robbed the store. He attempted to steal money so that he could pay for his wife's chemotherapy, and save her life. That was his intention. However to do that he had to create suffering and harm by shooting someone and taking hostages. So what is his karma? Does his intention justify the harm and pain he created?