Free ourselves from ignorance first, if we wish the world to be free from ignorant beings and happenings.
Have peace in ourselves first, if we want a peaceful world.
We cannot expect everyone else, except ourselves should be changing, so that we can have a better society that is free from ignorant beings and happenings, so that we can have a peaceful world to live in.
Out of pride and arrogance, we think that we are better human beings than others. We think that we are 'good' people, and we are angry with all the 'bad' people in the society. Thinking that everyone else except ourselves, are contributing and being responsible for the problems in the society or in the world.
The restlessness in us that comes from dissatisfaction, discrimination, anger and hatred towards other people's ignorance are in fact polluting the society and the world, not any less than those who we think they are responsible for all the 'problems' that we have.
Reform ourselves first, if we truly want to see positive changes, or reformation in the society.
If we, or every beings know how to 'clean up' and 'control' ourselves, the world will start to change. It is not about 'changing' others, or 'clean up' others, or 'control' others...
In tradition, whether in Buddhism, or Yoga teachings and practice, is all about 'reforming' or 'transforming' ourselves. We retreat ourselves from the world, or worldly affairs, to concentrate on our own 'reformation', remove ignorance and egoism, until we are free, and have peace. Being undisturbed, unaffected, uninfluenced, and undetermined by all the qualities of names and forms in the world, then only we can 'help' to bring certain awareness into the world to 'help' other beings to be free from ignorance and egoism, and attain wisdom, or correct understanding, and thus will have correct thinking, actions and speech. And so, the society will start to change or reform.
Om shanti.
Have peace in ourselves first, if we want a peaceful world.
We cannot expect everyone else, except ourselves should be changing, so that we can have a better society that is free from ignorant beings and happenings, so that we can have a peaceful world to live in.
Out of pride and arrogance, we think that we are better human beings than others. We think that we are 'good' people, and we are angry with all the 'bad' people in the society. Thinking that everyone else except ourselves, are contributing and being responsible for the problems in the society or in the world.
The restlessness in us that comes from dissatisfaction, discrimination, anger and hatred towards other people's ignorance are in fact polluting the society and the world, not any less than those who we think they are responsible for all the 'problems' that we have.
Reform ourselves first, if we truly want to see positive changes, or reformation in the society.
If we, or every beings know how to 'clean up' and 'control' ourselves, the world will start to change. It is not about 'changing' others, or 'clean up' others, or 'control' others...
In tradition, whether in Buddhism, or Yoga teachings and practice, is all about 'reforming' or 'transforming' ourselves. We retreat ourselves from the world, or worldly affairs, to concentrate on our own 'reformation', remove ignorance and egoism, until we are free, and have peace. Being undisturbed, unaffected, uninfluenced, and undetermined by all the qualities of names and forms in the world, then only we can 'help' to bring certain awareness into the world to 'help' other beings to be free from ignorance and egoism, and attain wisdom, or correct understanding, and thus will have correct thinking, actions and speech. And so, the society will start to change or reform.
Om shanti.
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