When you read the news of ladies in Terengganu, Malaysia being sentenced to be caned for having engaged in lesbian activities and a doctor in Houston, United States, raping a patient tethered to a machine, you may start to question which is the greater sin. Buddha reportedly divided all questions into four classes: Questions which deserve a straight yes or no answer, questions which deserve an analytical answer, questions that deserve a counter-question and those which deserve to be put aside. Would you for instance think Buddha would put aside the above question because of the sensitivity and the hurt it may cause some people? Definitely, he can't give a yes or no answer for this, not unless if you rephrase the question and ask if it was the lesbians who had committed a sin. Or the doctor. Perhaps, you would like to include the patient or the lawmaker too; noting that some learned people think that it's the woman's fault for being raped and that not all lawmakers are that intelligent; let alone kind.
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