To the editor: Studying Bonnie Kristian’s Christmas Day piece about ending war, illness and cruelty, I used to be struck by the impotence that Christianity instills in a few of its followers. The message of Christmas appears to be that God will save us, and but right here we’re, greater than 2,024 years later, with battle, sickness and cruelty nonetheless plaguing us.
On the different finish of this spectrum of perception, for instance, is the best instructing of Buddhism — that every one folks possess inside them infinite potential for good. And, since virtually all our issues are created by us, the ability to resolve them lies inside us. We don’t have to look to an out of doors energy or drive.
That’s the place Buddhist follow is available in. In modern phrases, we may name this follow “human revolution.” We have to change ourselves on a basic degree, achieve mastery over our extra base instincts and domesticate our nobler qualities.
Then, we extraordinary people can convey a few peaceable and compassionate world.
David Tempest, Mar Vista
