Guest guest Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Friends: Unwise, confrontational and quarrelsome conversation: It seems best today to leave the confrontational & detrimentalsubject of racism as this only leads to quarrel & barren debate! May I just end this subject be clearly stating that there never have been any racism, will be any racism, or is any racism nowincluded in the true Buddha-Dhamma insofar as the Buddharepeatedly have pointed out the Value of a given being is:Not the race, nor the nationality, nor the family, nor the group,nor the social class, nor the profession, nor the country, nor the education, nor the intelligence, nor the wealth, nor the size of body, breasts or brain, nor any other category of attributes But the INTENTIONS (Kamma) influencing all this being's: Thoughts, Talking & Actions .... Still, however, many Buddhists - even Nobles up to non-returners -have not eradicated underlying preferences, biases & aversions forthis or that particular group of people, who may then - especially ifsensitive & vulnerable - both righteously & unrighteously, view thisas racism... The only way out of that is to intensify the development & maturation of the Noble 8-fold, both individually & globally.. May this group be the Avant-Garde showing the Way in this quest! PS: The 10 advantageous subjects of conversation are:Talk on the Modesty of having few wants,Talk on the Bliss of Contentment,Talk on the Joy of Seclusion,Talk on the Ease of Disentanglement,Talk on the Energy of Enthusiasm,Talk on the Advantage of Morality,Talk on the Calm of Concentration,Talk on the Insight of Understanding,Talk on the Freedom of Release,Talk on the Direct Knowledge and Vision of Release ...http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/conversation.html Other detrimental subjects of conversation see:http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an10-069.htmlhttp://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an10-070.html Friendship is the Greatest ! and the entire Noble Life... Bhikkhu Samāhita, Sri Lanka. Buddha-Direct Friendship is the GREATEST! The whole motivation of the Noble life! : - ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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