Criminals : Potential Buddhas

As inspired by the film The Dhamma Brothers, here’s a simple poem,
in tribute to those who seek spiritual freedom within their physical prisons:

More than just a killer…
More than just a thief…
More than just a liar…
More that just a rapist…
More than just a junkie…

More than just convicts…
They still have Buddha-nature.
They still are potential Buddhas.

The crimes above are respectively linked to breaking the five precepts:
1st Precept: To abstain from killing
2nd Precept: To abstain from stealing
3rd Precept: To abstain from sexual misconduct
4th Precept: To abstain from lying
5th Precept: To abstain from intoxicants

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