Thursday, November 23, 2006

why i'm not totally buddhist

Because I drink and eat meat. I also have not fully embraced total compassion for all beings.
I cannot extend compassion to rapists - but the teachings of Thay have modified my position on the death penalty.
It takes a great heart to be able to transcend and extend compassion past hatred and I'm not there yet.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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Sorry for having gone a bit quiet and not looked at this blog before. I've got an avalanche of work about to descend on my head and am more than a little scared.