12 steps of a compassionate life
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TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPATTIONATE LIFE
TWELFTH STEP
BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
Religious and GlobalizationMAINS – Burenjargal Bombish
2015. 04.01
TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPATTIONATE LIFE
1. Learn about compassion2. Look at your own word3. Compassion for yourself
4. Empathy5. Mindfulness6. Actions
7. How little we know8. How should we speak to one another9. Concern for everybody
10. Knowledge11. Recognition12. LOVE YOUR ENEMY
ANCIENT TEACHINGS ON LOVING ENEMIES MOZI, Chinese philosopher advocated
– Concern for everybody and their best interest- Enemies are human beings
LAOZI, philosopher and poet of ancient Chinese- Violence always recoils upon the perpetrator- You can not force people to behave as you wish- Coercive methods drive them to the exact opposite
The DAODEJING, a manual of statecraft by LAOZI, offered
- Survival strategy that wise ruler- Army is an instrument only when he can do nothing
else
The good leader in war is not warlike
The good fighter is not impetuous
The best conqueror of the enemy is he who never takes offensive
The good man is who treats them with humility
ANCIENT TEACHINGS ON LOVING ENEMIES
SAID BY LAOZI
RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS ON LOVING ENEMIES
Dalai lama- The concept of War is outdated and ignorance would rebound back on you.
Torah: permitted limited realization - An eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth
Jesus: Love your enemies - Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you
GREAT EXAMPLES OF LOVING ENEMIES
Gandhi was no longer hated anybody. “Mine is not exclusive love. I cannot love Moslems or Hindus and hate
Englishmen. For if I love merely Hindus and Moslems
because their ways are on the whole pleasing to me, I shall soon began to hate them when their ways displease me, as they may well do any moment.
A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.”
After 27 years of confine in South African prison, when Nelson Mandela came to power he initiated process of reconciliation rather than seeking revenge.
GREAT EXAMPLES OF LOVING ENEMIES
“Only goodness can drive out evil and only love can overcome hate “
GREAT EXAMPLES OF LOVING ENEMIES
HATRED vs LOVE
LOVE – LEGAL TERM, stand for TWO SIDES PLEDGED TO BE HELPFUL AND LOYAL AND TO GIVE EACH OTHER PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT
LOVE – CONCERN FOR EVERYBODY WILL SERVE OUR BEST
INTEREST BETTER THAN SHORT –SIGHTED AND SELF-SERVING POLICIES.
paralyzes lifeconfuses life
darkens life
releases lifeharmonizes lifeillumines life
DOES YOUR ENEMY HAVE A
HISTORY OF OPPRESSION,
EXPLOITATION, EXILE, or PERSECUTION? HAS YOUR NATION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS? FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE HISTORY OF YOUR ENEMY.
LISTEN THEIR STORIES: IT
REFLECTS THE INNER MEAING
OF AN EVENTLEARN TO SEE THE SORROW OF OUR ENEMIES
HOW TO LOVE OUR EMENIES???
Discipline – our egotism
Accept their necessity
Understand and Forgive
Wish good for your enemy
Sense of responsibility for your enemy’s pain
Supreme test of compassion
HOW TO LOVE OUR EMENIES???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsC-g5tz-Yk
Compassion and Loving your enemies in different perspective “personal meditation” - SOULspot
HOW TO LOVE OUR EMENIES???
QUESTIONS TO YOUR INNER THINKING
1. Do you have enemy?
2. Which nation is your country enemy?
3. Are you ready begin loving them?
4. What is your contribution to love enemies in your country?