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June 4, 2013

A powerful message from my great master, Buddha of the Battlefield

What can Buddhism do to heal the wounds of the world? What did the Buddha teach that we can use to heal and elevate the human condition? One of the Buddha’s most courageous acts was to walk onto a battlefield to stop a conflict. He did not sit in his temple waiting for the oppressors to approach him. He walked right onto the battlefield to stop the conflict…

We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of contemporary human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to the Buddha, Christ or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefield will then become our temples. We have so much work to do. ~H.H. Maha Ghosananda

Source: http://dannyfisher.org


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    Pete Karas

    June 4, 2013

    So true … can't sit till it's at your door

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    Anil Nirhali

    June 4, 2013

    A special smile, special eyes, special
    look & special someone. All these
    means that you are a special friend
    for me. Good Evening

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    AHSAN BUTT

    June 5, 2013

    terrorist religion who need war i think its coming soon in barma

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    AHSAN BUTT

    June 5, 2013

    do want to see real face of budh mat then search for barma

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    Alex Grimaldi

    June 5, 2013

    This is hard to swallow. The balance between what makes us happy and what we should do for spreading love and happiness around the globe is hard to reach. All my respect to all those people, Buddhist or not, who put their life in danger for this. And thanks to you for this kind of post, which makes me (more) aware of what people outside Europe and US have to face.

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