See on Scoop.it – Socially Engaged Buddhism
(from Danny Fisher and Joshua Eaton)
As disciples of the Buddha who live in the West, we would like to take the holy month of Ramadan as an opportunity to express our growing concern about Islamophobia, both within our governments and within the Buddhist community worldwide…
See on buddhistletteronislamophobia.wordpress.com
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I've been practicing and studying the Buddha way since 1993, and exploring the question "What is engaged Buddhism?" since the late 90s.
As former executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and editor of its journal, Turning Wheel, I was privileged to meet many practitioners of engaged dharma, including Robert Aitken Roshi who told me that there is no Buddhism that is not engaged.
Now I direct the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Program along with Roshi Joan Halifax, where we forge new pathways of everyday engagement and servant leadership.
Beautiful message and it is a pure and true one. I wrote a poem on my site “Far Away From Me” I will let you read it to speak for me…we should hate know one if we are to love all as we would love ourselves…I love the open letter! Thanks for sharing!
Far Away From Me
Love your brother
And you will find,
It easy to love me too.
Love your parents
And you will find,
It easy to say “Father I do”.
But disobey your
Earthly parents, and
I alone will see.
That you will disobey
Me too, and your heart
Will be far away from me.
By Wendell A. Brown.
© 2010, All Rights Reserved.
“For I See”
For I See
Can you pray to Me and speak honestly
That in your heart you truly love Me?
When you say that you hate your brother
I cannot see how this could be
Can you tell Me that you love Me
when in your heart I alone do see
the hatred that you hold for others
with such a flagrant animosity
For I created you both in my image
hoping one day that you might believe
That each time when you look at him
Its My image you will really see
Look long and deep into the looking glass
through which only your eyes can see
and see the dark sinfulness in your heart
that is so very far away from Me…
Glance at the lies, the hatred, the evil
which by your own doing your heart does breed
then tell Me as you view your sinfulness
that your heart is full of love for Me
…for I see.
The tenth commandment will speak volumes today when hatred for our fellow man is on the rise! for Christ sees our hearts and nothing is hidden!
Copyright 2010