Comments on: Amod Lele: The Love of All Wisdom

By: Joshua Zader

Joshua Zader — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:48:08 +0000

Thill, I think it is no more about his policies than about the person. It is about our own happiness, our own ability to overcome ideological differences, and our ability to love with an open heart even when we disagree with someone.

Any time we cut ourselves off from love, we suffer — no matter how good our intentions may be. The fact that the object of our hate is a powerful man, with destructive policies, makes it no less true that we suffer.

By: Thill

Thill — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:42:12 +0000

It isn’t an issue about the person “W”. It has to do with the policies, domestic and foreign, he approved and/or pursued and/or implemented during his tenure as president. And the questions pertaining to those policies are: Were they rational? Were they benevolent?

By: Joshua Zader

Joshua Zader — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:13:07 +0000

Michael,

Actually, that’s the one part of my comment I’d go back and edit. The dharma talk itself wasn’t “about” George W. Bush; it was about something else. But it ended with some negative comments about Bush, the electoral college (this was in about 2002), etc.

And it really ruined the feeling of openness at the retreat, knowing I was probably one of the only conservative-friendly people in the room.

Joshua

By: Michael R. Brown

Michael R. Brown — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:49:31 +0000

A Theravadan dharma talk about the evil of George W. Bush? Appalling – sunds more like a karma talk: as in generating.

Lovingkindness indeed!