[Buddha-l] Canada cancels non-Christian prison chaplaincies

Richard Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Tue Oct 9 07:22:08 MDT 2012


On Oct 9, 2012, at 12:05 AM, James A Stroble <stroble at hawaii.edu> wrote:

> And I have been surprised to find that
> there are Buddhist chaplains serving in the US military.  Would not the
> requirements of sila make this a unwholesome livelihood for a
> Buddhist?

On the contrary, I can't imagine any group of people who could benefit more from a Buddhist chaplain than folks doing military service. Don't bodhisattvas go to hell realms?

Richard Hayes


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