Satan, he is red, has a pitchfork, a pointed tail and horns. Ask a child to represent evil and this is probably a response received. Discussions of good and evil often revolve around highly refined perceptions of good versus evil. “Good and evil are not fictions of the mind or subjective creations of men; they are inherent in creation.” (Kinneging 256) The concepts of good and evil conform to absolute perception in Western cultural philosophy. Buddhist philosophy has a different perception regarding good and evil. Buddhist philosophy illustrates the path to an enlightened soul using Bhavacakra, or “Wheel of Life,” a representation of saṃsāra, or cyclic existence. The center of this wheel contains the “Roots of Evil” – represented by a rooster, a snake and a pig. The “Three Poisons” corrupt man from the inside. The rooster represents desire, the snake represents hatred and the pig represents illusion or ignorance. Although these three poisons are the root of slavery and human misery, it is illusion that moves the wheel. No meaningful discussion of good or evil in Buddhism can be undertaken without a cursory understanding of karma. Buddhist philosophy teaches karma as a “creation” based on intentional acts of body, speech and mind, and that man is influenced by the karma he creates. “When we plant a seed – an act, a statement or a thought – it will eventually produce a fruit, which will ripen and fall to the ground and perpetuate the same.” (Makransky 334) This means that the “fruit” (creation of karma) results from tending the tree or as commonly mentioned in Buddhism; what a man does is what happens to him. Western philosophy might argue that desire, hatred, and delusion are not the roots of evil. One might argue: “Because the love of money is the r…… the center of the paper… the principled core. Through rigorous application of the three training courses, business managers will recognize and understand the unwanted states of mind that produce suffering for their customers, employees and shareholders. Works Cited Kinneging, Andreas. The geography of good and evil. Translated: Ineke Hardy. Wilmington:ISI Books, 2011. 256. Print.Makransky, John. “Buddhist Perspectives on Truth in Other Religions: Past and Present.” Theological Studies 64.2 (2003): 334+. Academic OneFile. Network. February 7, 2012.Kaza, Stephanie. The vision of the Dhamma. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2005. 24. Print.Palmo, Tenzin. Reflections on a Mountain Lake: A Western Nun Talks Practical Buddhism. 1st ed. Crows Nest: Snow Lion Publications, 2002. 43. eBook.Thera, Nyanaponika. The vision of the Dhamma. 2. Onalaska: Edizioni BPS Pariyatti, 1994. 122.Print.