august14

I am absolutely opposed to death

penalty. My predecessor abolished it

in Tibet. Today I find it unbelievable

that it persists in large countries like

China and India. In the name of justice

they are still killing people in the

country of Mahatma Gandhi! In the

very land where the Buddha taught!

The death penalty is pure violence, a

barbaric and useless violence.

Dangerous even, because it can only

lead to other acts of violence – as all

violence does. The supreme punishment

ought to be a life sentence and without

brutality.