◯About the Death Penalty

    In Prout Village, overcoming the ego is established as the internal purpose of a human being. The ego is connected to past memories, and these memories determine current behaviors and speech. When someone commits a crime such as murder, their actions and motives are also influenced by past memories. Thus, achieving no-mind and overcoming the ego means not being swept away by negative emotions arising unconsciously from past memories, which leads to the elimination of wrongful behaviors such as crime. Therefore, imposing the death penalty on someone who has committed murder takes away their opportunity to overcome their ego. In this sense, the death penalty is not used in Prout Village. Instead of capital punishment, the focus is on facing one's inner self, aiming to overcome the ego, and providing opportunities for dialogue between the offender and the victim to foster understanding and encourage the offender to change their heart.