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I remember an interesting take on this in a talk by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche. It was that part of the evening where the audience gets to ask questions, and this guy commented; "I sometimes think Buddhism and Stoicism are the same as pacificism. Maybe if too many of us do this the world can never get better because some people take advantage?"

Ringu Tulku replied that he was not a pacifist. "If a man slaps me on the cheek I won't turn the other cheek. I will stop him slapping me and bring him to his senses to save him from the adverse karma that his wrong actions will surely generate."

Not to imply in any way that your choice was not "correct".

c.f. Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje, assassin of Langdharma

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