Yesterday I joined a discussion in one of the blogs. The post was about a film where a boy is transformed from a child in a killer with years.
So, we spoke about this trasformation generally and about help to others. I said: how is possible that all we, so beautiful, pure and innocent when young can become these terrible monsters and do all this to the world around us.
And than we told that very often we have to choose whom have we to help. And we help often those who don't need our help. And "provoke their bad karma". And as the result we do bad to them, not good.
In this contecst I remembered 2 learning stories. One is about the worm.
There were 2 monks very great friends. When they died, one became a god and other a worm. This second lived in a great pile of shit. The first wanted to help him and change his life. He took the friend and pulled him out, but the worm did everything possible to remain where it was, so that the friend could not do anything.
The other story told Lopon Tenzin Namdak. He said:
We know different stories about Great Yogies that killed somebody because they knew that in the next life this or that being will have a rebith in a higher realm. Have you ever heared a similar story about Buddha? Pay attention to it. Buddha never had killed anybody... Even if he knew about next lifes too.
So, have I to think about those who is far from me? About baby seals? About victims of Tsunami? About those who has not meal in Africa? About Tibetans? ecc ecc
Or are those only very good covered political and commercial games? So, as for example say about Green Peace. Or as they said bad about communists in Soviet Union, but my mother and father were REAL communist in the best sense of this word. And millions and millions did.
Are you sure that Stalin did what he did with REALLY BAD intentions? As far I know, he personally had nothing for him. Something for his family.
Such simple questions but not easy to answer!
ReplyDeleteProbably the most simple things and questions are the most difficult .
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