Jiang argues that lust, gluttony, greed, and wrath are things you do to yourself, while violence, fraud, and treachery are things you do to other people.
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Self Harm
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Jiang defines the circle of violence as including violence against others, against the self, and against God.
Jiang explicitly says anger makes you think you are hurting others when in fact you are also consuming yourself.
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"the difference is um amongst these different sins and i mean the most basic difference is lust gluttony greed and wrath there are things..."
"Okay, so they're descending down to hell, and they will first enter the circle of violence. And there are three different types of violence,..."
"Line 28. The violent take all of the first circle, but since one uses force against three persons, that circle's built of three divided..."
"exactly okay so you think you are hurting others but you're actually hurting yourself you're consuming others but you're also consuming yourself in the..."
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