tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389630301916444912.post6011817104625796701..comments2023-10-10T04:50:44.020-07:00Comments on ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនាសំរាប់សង្គម <br>Engaged Buddhism: We Are All Human Rights DefendersEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06780301853879788809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389630301916444912.post-45079736043584871742011-10-16T23:31:46.092-07:002011-10-16T23:31:46.092-07:00I am sure that it is not easy to seek for a good w...I am sure that it is not easy to seek for a good way but its good to keep the teachings of the Buddha in mind.<br />We always get fast attached of our thoughts what should be, but we forget to focus on our own mind state which is actually the source of bringing peace and real justice.<br /><br /><i>"Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding. Even then you should train yourselves: 'Our minds will be unaffected and we will say no evil words. We will remain sympathetic, with a mind of good will, and with no inner hate. We will keep pervading these people with an awareness imbued with good will and, beginning with them, we will keep pervading the all-encompassing world with an awareness imbued with good will — abundant, expansive, immeasurable, free from hostility, free from ill will.' That's how you should train yourselves.</i><br /><br />MN21 - Kakacupama Sutta: The Simile of the Saw<br />http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.021x.than.html<br /><br />Further more it is good to let go of the history:<br /><br /><i>3. "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.<br /><br />4. "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.<br /><br />5. Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.<br /><br />6. There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.</i><br /><br />from the Dhammapada.<br /><br />_()_<br />with metta<br />HanzzeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com