Celebrating the
Monk of Compassion.
Today July 6, 2020
by Ana-MaríaClasing
The XIV Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday is yet another occasion to
celebrate a wise man whose teachings today make more sense than ever.
'Unity in
Diversity' is the title of
one of his many books and teachings. The XIV Dalai Lama is a Buddhist
scholar and a leading analyst of human behavior.
Today this statement: 'unity in diversity' seems
important to us and resonates more sensibly. And also apparently the world
does not consider union as a feasible possibility, since it sees it as a search for absolute equality between
beings, the proposal made by the Dalai Lama is related to a union where
diversity is observed and respected.
Buddhism speaks of the union of “skillful means with personal reflection
/ introspection”. Understanding by skillful means the effort made to ensure
that our actions are always motivated by compassion.
And reflection/introspection as that critical faculty capable of
responding to the different factors involved adjusting to ideals of
non-violence in the context of the situation; it could be termed as the
development of “wise discernment”.
In the use of these faculties (which
are of special importance when there is no religious reference) a constant check of ourselves is
involved in the questions: ¿are we open minded or closed minded ?, ¿is our
perception a short vision term or a long vision term?, or ¿ are we only considering
specific interests?,¿is it our genuine and compassionate motivation in relation
to the totality of human beings?
The union of nations, for example requires a union referred to the
individual intentions, to the emotional and mental state of each one at the
moment of the action because it is from there where the greatest control is
exercised and is the most significant element to the time to determine
the ethical nature of our actions.
Human experience has shown that when our intentions are driven by envy,
hatred and the desire to harm, even when they appear to be
"constructive" or "inevitable," their impact will always be
negative for both ourselves and others.
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