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1. People often think that Buddhists should be nice. It is a myth perpetrated by a West that has no understanding of Buddhism.
Thing is, sometimes being "nice" is not compassionate.
It is not "nice" to blithely sit by and let a govt. destroy a country and its people.
Thing is, sometimes being "nice" is not compassionate.
It is not "nice" to blithely sit by and let a govt. destroy a country and its people.
2. It is not "nice" to see suffering all around you and sit in your corner, gazing at your naval and wishing for a better world.
It is not "nice" to be silent and calm when the world around you is crying out for help.
It is not "nice" to be silent and calm when the world around you is crying out for help.
3. I will always strive to be compassionate. That might mean that I am not "nice". And compassion means that I must fight this evil goverment, and the structure that underpins it, with every fibre in my being.
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