ChrizKhalifa

ChrizKhalifa t1_j5llu3e wrote

Reply to comment by noonemustknowmysecre in "Understand the philosophy of a place and you'll understand its culture" | Julian Baggini explores how to approach non-Western philosophies, without exoticizing, essentalising or domesticating by IAI_Admin

Not to be all "well ackshually.." , but Buddhism teaches neither duality nor non-duality. As is par for the course in Buddhism, it's more of a middle way between the two 😉

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ChrizKhalifa t1_is06o82 wrote

Reply to comment by Moochkins in A Quote on Healing Your Inner Child [Image] by true90sstory

The abuser is not strong. This account, also from Master Thich Nhat Han, might be nice for you!

An American soldier standing on the back of a military truck spit on the head of my disciple, a young monk named Nhit Tri. The soldier must have thought we Buddhists were undermining America’s war effort or that my disciple was a communist in disguise. Brother Nhit Tri became so angry that he thought about leaving the monastery and joining the National Liberation Front. Because I had been practicing meditation, I was able to see that everyone in the war was a victim, that the American soldiers who had been sent to Vietnam to bomb, kill, and destroy were also being killed and maimed. I urged Brother Nhit Tri to remember that the G.I. was also a war victim, the victim of a wrong view and a wrong policy, and I urged him to continue his work for peace as a monk. He was able to see that, and he became one of the most active workers in the Buddhist School of Youth for Social Service.

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