“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.” these words of Martin Luther King are so profound... In New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina His Holiness Dalai Lama said this when a questioner asked about trauma, coping and resilience. His Holiness said: “In the Tibetan tradition, in terms of coping with adversity, victims are encouraged to cultivate forbearance and the first stage of that is to develop a sense of equanimity. Forbearance builds up resilience and protects you from giving in to disturbing emotional impulses. A senior monk I know spent 17-18 years in Chinese prison after 1959. In the 1980s he was released and was able to join me in India. Once, when we were chatting about his experiences he told me that there had been dangerous moments during his imprisonment. I thought he meant threats to his life, but he said, ‘No, there were times when there was a danger of my losing compassion for my Chinese captors.’ This is an example of practice in action. He has since been examined by medical scientists who found he has no post-traumatic symptoms. He has physical pains, but no mental unease.” Lets never give in to hatred ever .....Lets combat every hatred with Love alone my friends...
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:19:20 +0000
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