Religion and Spirituality

Too many questions about Jesus and not about Buddha?

lol sorry for the title but im hoping it would catch your eye. I’ve been trying to follow the teachings of the Buddha but some things still confuse me, such as is it ok to kill an evil man in order to save the lives of innocent people? (even though that defies the first precept?) If I drink alcohol but don’t get completely drunk and make a fool of myself mean that I haven’t broken the fifth precept? Thanks and happy holidays!
first precept- to refrain from taking life
fifth precept- to refrain from taking fermented drink that causes heedlessness.

“breaking” the “precepts” has nothing to do with Buddhism . .. ..the shortest path to enlightenment is the eightfold path but all roads lead to God (atman, the light, buddhahood, karmic understanding, etc. )

it is only the “organized” religions that teach you that if you break the rules you suffer . . . . .
In Buddhism we understand that suffering is the norm.

This guy, Joseph Campbell has it right I think.

“The obvious lesson . . . . is that the first step to the knowledge of the highest divine symbol of the wonder and mystery of life is in the recognition of the monstrous nature of life and it’s glory in that character: the realization that this is just how it is and that it cannot and will not be changed. Those who think —- and their name is legion—that they know how the universe could have been better than it is, how it would have been had they created it, without pain, without sorrow, without time, without life, are unfit for illumination. Or those who think—as do many—”Let me first correct society, then get around to myself” are barred from even the outer gate of the mansion of God’s peace. All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. And that no one can do who has not himself learned how to live in it in the joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy of the knowledge of life as it is.”

—-Joseph Campbell

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