Letters to the Editor

• Seduced by the Dalai Lama or by Hate?

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  Humans tend to be seduced by hate. This is a human species problem. The spiritual way, whether you go with "God" or "Buddha" is by love and not by hate. The way of politics is to continually compromise principles for the sake of power, never arriving at directly living by principle. The teachings of the sages and prophets is not to compromise principles only because that doesn’t work. For proof, just look at the condition of the world with its continuing holocausts. What is finally pragmatic if not to live by love and non-violence? However, we are dealing with the human species who likes to “believe” in spirit but finds it impractical due to the innate human condition of ignorance. Buddhistx commit to help all beings until everyone goes beyond ignorance. It’s what you call a long-term project. The Dalai Lama has committed to this. He is an inspiring and entirely human example who is acutely aware of the power of human ignorance. That’s why he lives by a Middle Way. Should he abandon this or should we take it up?

  Permalink Monday, March 24, 2008 09:35 PM