Re: avihimsa·sankappa and abyapada·sankappa

Well, I'm guessing it didn't come from the canon, but no, you can oppress others out of delusion, even thinking you are doing them a favour by protecting, controlling, etc.

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Kumara Bhikkhu kumara.bhikkhu@... [palistudy] <palistudy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Thanks, but this doesn't work for me either. If there's abyapada (as
commonly understood), there wouldn't be thoughts of oppressing others, right?

But please do let me know if you find the source.

Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu yuttadhammo@... [palistudy] wrote thus at
12:06 AM 06-10-14:
>I don't have any source off-hand, but I've always understood
>avihimsa to relate to moha; abstention from thoughts of oppressing
>others (e.g. arrogance, conceit, condescension, stubbornness, etc.)
>that stem from delusion rather than anger.