On 2/10/2012 9:08 AM, Anthony Wu wrote:
OK, lets drop the word 'should'. What do they do in the face of other
people's suffering?
Better to drop this idea of "suffering".
Questioning others actions only re-frames your own suffering, obscuring
what is, impeding clear action.
The "enlightened" master is experiencing suchness.
The "other people" perceived to be suffering are experiencing suchness.
That one is "aware" of this, and another "deluded" by this, does not
change this.
As I said before, people do what they do. Why suffer over this?
So what to do... ?
First, be very clear on what is meant by "suffering". How it is a mental
relationship (to pain or other conditions) that someone creates and
identifies with/attaches to. People often conflate pain and suffering,
suffering confusion about worldly conditions and actions as a natural
consequence.
In other words: Pain is an inevitable/integral part of life. Suffering
is optional/added. Any suffering others' experience, they create for
themselves and is their own to deal with. A master can only point to this.
For other matters, the apparent worldly consequences and such, simply
help those who you can help in whatever way presents. Ease others' pain
when and how you can. Working with whatever presently arises, is all
there is.
So, to answer as directly as I can - in one short line: A master helps
by pointing, and points by helping.
K
