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Right Speech and Living with Ourselves, Session 4 – Oct. 8, 2016
6. Comment: The sutta in which there is a war that is going to happen, and the Buddha tries to mediate it in some way and is unable to stop it from happening .... There’s something touching about this when I look at my own life … [Buddha/Biography] [Conflict] [Politics and society]
Note: This question may refer to the story in the Commentary to Dhp 47 of the Buddha being unable to prevent Viḍūḍabha’s massacre of the Sakyans (Dhamma Verses Commentary translated by E. W. Burlingame and Ānandajoti Bhikkhu, p. 258-276).
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Non-identification] [Worldly Conditions]
Quote: “Do you think the forests in Thailand can be saved?” — “No.” [Environment] [Culture/Thailand] [Dtao Dum]