Summary: Master Jing Kong, an Eminent Monk in Taiwan said in-game killing is also a crime just as killing people in the real life and the criminals will go down to hell after death.

A video about Master Jing Kong talking of karma was uploaded to the internet and it caused a mighty uproar among a large number of netizens, especially the gamers. In this video, Master Jing Kong expressed that killing people in the game is the same as that in reality. The criminals will go down to hell after death and repay the debt after going out of the hell. Even the game industry workers, game developers and editors shall be accountable for the crimes.

The conversation is below:

Question: Nowadays, a lot of children are fond of playing computer games, most of which are related to killing. Is in-game killing really as crime as that in reality?
Answer: Sure! The game developers, sellers and people guiding children to play these games are all held responsible for that. The game industry is more sinful than slaughter business. If you work as a butcher, killing pigs, cattle and sheep in your life, you will first go down to the hell and then turn to be a beast in the next life. While in the game, you are killing people instead of beasts, think about how many debts you must repay after going out from the hell. How terrible! So we must persuade people, children in particular to keep away from computer games which will cause great physical and mental damage.

About Master Jing Kong

Name: Xu Yehong

1927: born in Lujiang County, An'hui Province, China on February 15th
1947: Joined in Chinese Kuomintang army
1949: Moved to Taiwan along with the army
1959: Took the tonsure in Linji Temple, Taiwan
1962: Received full ordination in Haihui Temple, Taiwan
In the next fifty years, he devoted himself to spreading Buddhism throughout the world and put forward his own explanation about Buddhism and Buddhism Education.
1978: Read scriptures in public to celebrate the new Taiwan leader coming to power
2006: Participated in a TV program filmed by CCTV and other media.

Jing Kong Master was conferred the title of Honorary Professor by an Australian University.