A Buddhist Response to Endless Wars (2022)

4-10-22

In this talk, Dharma Teacher Fred Eppsteiner share with us teachings on love and compassion. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us "It is my conviction that we cannot change the world, if we are not capable of changing our way of thinking, our consciousness. That is why awakening, collective awakening, collective change in our way of thinking, our way of seeing things is very crucial. And all of us can help to promote that. Our task is to come together and to produce, to try to produce a kind of collective awakening.

And there are many ways in order to bring about that kind of collective awakening and change. And that is why to learn to change our way of daily life, so that there is more mindfulness, more peace, more love, is a very urgent thing. And we can do that – beginning now, today."

Peace begins with me. If we want a peaceful world, we have to become peaceful people; free of anger and hatred. We have to uproot the seeds of anger and hatred within ourselves through mindfulness, love, and compassion.