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

[Jo]

They might even be able to prevent some military suicides.

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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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