Do you think this conforms with the principles set out in Buddhism? Why or why not? How do you think karma and compassion come into play in this story?

There is a story of a Buddhist monk who was on a ship with a maniac who was killing everyone on board. The monk eventually decided to kill the man in order to prevent further harm of others on board. Do you think this conforms with the principles set out in Buddhism? Why or why not? How do you think karma and compassion come into play in this story?

The essay should be approximately 1000 words and include the following:

Use at least one source from the assigned reading (the readings will be attached in this question as PDF)

Use at least one source found outside the assigned readings;

Use at least once concept found and cited from the assigned readings.

**Use Chicago Manual of Style with footnotes and bibliography for citations.**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91jxoT-6row

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bxazBxAtfiKPJxe_qw4L7PMDY_V30CYY/edit#slide=id.p1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVYc5YVarm0

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pCnvFNgJUBD49hmlfFp_AEviNT7sDBfs/edit#slide=id.p1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-KOck4JDoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6y5pebJR64

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/0B5HACC7bGrAIQzYxSkZtZ2JEeWM/edit?resourcekey=0-JaQGJoCFAah3ssYet25j2w#slide=id.p1