by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton
In a story by Dostoevsky called “The Grand Inquisitor,” Jesus comes back and is immediately arrested and imprisoned because the way he lives and what he teaches don’t support the current political agenda.
There are people in every religion who are so sure of their own righteousness that they cannot see or accept how human beings really work. The only constants in the universe are change and fear of change. Our lives show which one we embrace.
Buddhism does not concern itself with a supreme being or deity and so need not conflict with religions that do. The Dalai Lama, the head of Tibetan Buddhism, says, “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
I’m with him.
May all beings awaken their hearts to one another!