Which evils were seen in Gautam Buddha's time?
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Of the seven capital sins in Christianity, greed, gluttony and lust come under the evil of 'greed' alone as per Buddha.
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EVILS ACCORDING TO BUDDHISM: What exactly is evil? Is it a force that is outside us and lures us or is it something that we create ourselves? Are we intrinsically good or bad? There are many philosophical questions the answers to which are wrought in debates. As far as Buddhism is concerned, it says that it is not people who are good or bad, morally wrong or right, but certain traits that that we create in ourselves. And, it is only us who can undo them.
"By oneself, indeed, is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself, indeed, is one purified. Purity and impurity depend on oneself. No one purifies another."
- Buddha