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The fifth cardinal virtue: Justice
According to the dictionary: from the Latin justitias: conformity with the law; act of giving to each what belongs to them; equity; group of magistrates and the people who work with them.
According to Jesus Christ: You have heard that they were told, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too. (Matthew 5: 38-39)
At another moment of the Gospel: And Jesus went into the Temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats. (Matthew, 21:12)
According to Bankei: during one of Zen master Bankei's classes, a pupil was caught stealing. All the disciples demanded he be expelled, but Bankei did nothing. The following week, the pupil stole again. The others, irritated, demanded that the thief be punished.
"How wise you all are," said Bankei. "You know what is right and wrong, and you can study anywhere you like. But this poor brother - who does not know what is right or wrong - has only me to teach him. And I shall go on doing that." A flood of tears purified the thief's face; the desire to steal had disappeared.
Paulo Coelho
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According to the dictionary: from the Latin justitias: conformity with the law; act of giving to each what belongs to them; equity; group of magistrates and the people who work with them.
According to Jesus Christ: You have heard that they were told, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too. (Matthew 5: 38-39)
At another moment of the Gospel: And Jesus went into the Temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats. (Matthew, 21:12)
According to Bankei: during one of Zen master Bankei's classes, a pupil was caught stealing. All the disciples demanded he be expelled, but Bankei did nothing. The following week, the pupil stole again. The others, irritated, demanded that the thief be punished.
"How wise you all are," said Bankei. "You know what is right and wrong, and you can study anywhere you like. But this poor brother - who does not know what is right or wrong - has only me to teach him. And I shall go on doing that." A flood of tears purified the thief's face; the desire to steal had disappeared.
Paulo Coelho
More on www.warriorofthelight.com
www.paulocoelhoblog.com