These words from Elie Wiesel present a difficult challenge? What exactly does "taking sides" mean? Thick Nhat Hanh presents a similar challenge in Precept #13 of the "Order of Interbeing": "Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression, we are committed to cultivating loving kindness and learning ways to work for the well-being of people, animals, plants, and minerals. We will practice generosity by sharing our time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need. We are determined not to steal and not to possess anything that should belong to others. We will respect the property of others, but will try to prevent others from profiting from human suffering or the suffering of other beings." How do we as Buddhists skillfully "prevent" ??? SEE: parallax.org/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=BOOKINBG ...
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