Joe, If I say Hitler's holocaust victims, or Pol Pot's massacre are due to their own karma. That might be true, but meanwhile that is complete nonsense. As it only increases suffering of the listener. Anthony
________________________________ From: Joe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 16 June 2012, 7:35 Subject: Re: [Zen] Speaking of Compassion Hi, Anthony, Sometimes the most compassionate thing to do is to stay out of sumpthin'. Or, to pass it right back to the one who can best be expected to perform the right action. >From the outside, looking in, we may not be able to say whether a deed was >compassionate, or not. I'd be more careful, putting words in the master's mouth, the "in others words" phrase, that you used. The master may have had a very clear picture of the fellow's situation, and responded naturally. We can't say! But we are trying to. Inaction is not a lack of action. It may be the most compassionate response. (Gee, I could have just saved myself a lot of ink). ;-) --Joe > Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > In other words, it is none of my business! Where is the compassion?
