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Friday, October 05, 2007
Hope in the West Bank
Hope Flowers School in the West Bank teaches peace and democracy to their Palestinian students. They hold inter-faith classes instead of separating the Jewish and Muslim children into separate classes. They also teach Hebrew to the Palestinian students in order to develop more trust and understanding.
"When you speak about 'the enemy' you don't know him, you create an image of a monster, you deprive him of his humanity," says Hussein Issa's son, Ibrahim, also a co-director of the school.
"I have many Israeli friends and some I differ with, but we have one common ground, we are all human beings, and it's important to see even your enemy in this way."
"The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes and heroines] -- it enables you to refrain from reacting angrily to the harm inflicted on you by others. You could call this practice "inner disarmament," in that a well-developed tolerance makes you free from the compulsion to counterattack. For the same reason, we also call tolerance the "best armor," since it protects you from being conquered by hatred itself." - Dalai Lama
"Love thy neighbor as thyself." - Jesus
"When you speak about 'the enemy' you don't know him, you create an image of a monster, you deprive him of his humanity," says Hussein Issa's son, Ibrahim, also a co-director of the school.
"I have many Israeli friends and some I differ with, but we have one common ground, we are all human beings, and it's important to see even your enemy in this way."
"The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes and heroines] -- it enables you to refrain from reacting angrily to the harm inflicted on you by others. You could call this practice "inner disarmament," in that a well-developed tolerance makes you free from the compulsion to counterattack. For the same reason, we also call tolerance the "best armor," since it protects you from being conquered by hatred itself." - Dalai Lama
"Love thy neighbor as thyself." - Jesus
posted by Carol at 11:55 AM
2 Comments:
beautiful post and reminder!
Thanks for visiting! May the seeds of peace that are being planted in the West Bank and other places around the world take root.
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