Single Idea 7894

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love]

Full Idea

Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is the law eternal.

Gist of Idea

Hate is conquered by love

Source

Anon (Dham) (The DhammaPada [c.250 BCE], §1.5)

Book Reference

'The DhammaPada', ed/tr. Mascaro,Juan [Penguin 1973], p.35


A Reaction

[N.B. This thought was not invented by Jesus] The challenge to this view might be the tit-for-tat strategy of game theory, which says that hate is actually conquered by a combination of hate and love, judiciously applied.