The Buddha said: “Do good. Do no evil. Tame the mind”.

The word Buddha comprises of two syllables:
Bud – recognising our awakened nature = Good
dha – purifying defilements in the mind = Evil

Taming the mind is recognising our true nature = Good
and recognising the defilements that overpower us = Evil

While we do not recognise our true nature and have not purified our defilements, we remain as sentient beings, and not enlightened.

Evil causes harm. Good purifies harm.

It’s clear that transferring these ultimate statements into conventional, emotional terms weakens our understanding: we assume that we are good and others are evil. This distracts us from a realistic view what is happening within our own minds, and permits the creation of judgements based upon emotions, which lack the discernment to discriminate between what is ultimately harmful and what is beneficial.

The meaning of evil has been distorted into a moral judgement which obscures our spiritual element.