I was taken back recently by how people can be unkind to one another due to their belief. In my quest of knowledge in Buddhism, I was constantly being reminded compassion is the key. If you have no compassion, you will have no respect for others.
Here, I like to share a quote that I have heard from a China journalist who quoted a monk about having respect for other:
" it is not a matter of who you believe but what you believe. Spiritual Guides, regardless of from which religion or which sect of the religion, are like our parents, who have only love and kindness for us. So other people's spiritual guide are like their parents. We do not go around crititizing other people parents. We will respect them as whom they are, despite the fact that we may not believe everything that they teach. So why do we go around and dislike other people spiritual guide. We should act according to what we have learnt - be kind and compassionate to all irregardless of whom they believe."
I looked around and see the dispute around the world and find that the most meaningless is the war arise due to different religion. So sad. So many innocent life killed. So many people suffering.
If only, we could really take the above quote to heart, then maybe one day there will be peace on earth.
Mich
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