I’m Right, You’re Wrong.
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“One problem that may arise is that if I’m right and
you’re wrong,
I might feel it’s my duty to set you straight:
‘I’m pure, you’re impure,
and it’s my sacred duty to fix you
so that we have purity.’
On a social level this led to
the terrible depredations of Nazi Germany
or the Rwandan genocide,
‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Balkans,
or those ‘religiously’ inspired militias
who feel it’s their duty
to defend the word of their lord
by wiping out those who think or act differently.
Similar evils have been frequently committed in the name
of democracy.
This kind of attachment and clinging,
of getting lost in our own viewpoint,
creates very real difficulties, tensions,
suffering and harmful experiences in the lives of many
people.”
—Ajahn Amaro—
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