After the Paris attacks, the Dalai Lama said, “We cannot solve this problem only through prayers. I am a Buddhist and I believe in praying. But humans have created this problem, and now we are asking God to solve it. It is illogical. God would say, ‘Solve it yourself because you created it in the first place.’ We need a systematic approach to foster humanistic values of oneness and harmony.”
In a recent NY Times video, a woman (only referred to by her first name, Carmela) who lives above Belle Equipe Café, where 18 people lost their lives, was interviewed.
She, and her two daughters, heard the gunshots.
“At one point I said, ‘Don’t be frightened.’ And I remember thinking that’s the most ridiculous thing. You are frightened and I am frightened and we have to share it rather than pretend it’s not there.”
Sharing what we’re feeling.
One of the best ways we can honor the victims of the terrorist bombings—and also harmonize and foster a greater sense of peace and well-being in our own lives, as the Dalai Lama suggests, is to start recognizing how we feel. And share what we feel.
So, we pledge to do our best. We renew and start again with
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