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vlyons

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12. That's why we must have compassion for him and

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #9)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 08:39 AM

Jan 2015

read him the riot act. He does more harm to his cause with that language than he can possibly imagine. Most of us Buddhists fail frequently in our endeavor to practice the 8-fold path. That's why it's called "practice." That type of language comes from a mind that is angry and arrogant. Not exactly a mind that is centered in calm abiding. What we need to do is use reason in our speech to explain to him that such language is mean-spirited and harmful to others and to his own cause. He may have just grievances against some Moslems in his country, but really!!! Such language turns people off from supporting him for much of anything.

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