Words of Blessing for South Koreans Christians held hostage

dumbdumb! SG

the enemy is the taliban. not among ourselves. shrugs

AndrewPKYap SG

You sure that the Taliban is "the enemy"? I mean, are you sure that is a good attitude to have?

It is best not to label people... they are neither friend nor enemy nor good nor bad... (what Buddhism calls non-dualistic)

They go around killing people the authorities (those that have taken up the job and is their responsibility) will have to try to capture or kill them... but it is not useful to think of them in terms of good or bad or friend or enemy.

If your relative, not just friend, behaves like the Taliban, and it is your responsibility, you have to try to capture or kill them too (if you can't change their minds or you think it is unlikely that you can change their minds)

Actually I wanted this thread to be purely a bless the hostages thread but since you mentioned it... Laughing

Remember to bless the hostages and say a kind word and have a kind thought for them...

AndrewPKYap SG

Another morning, another word of blessing or a kind word and thoughts for them bah… please keep them in your prayers and thoughts… (BTW no new developments)

gigabyte14 SG

noobs will be noobs Rolling Eyes

AndrewPKYap SG

I think you have problems... do take care.. people can wake up every morning or walk down the street everyday and be happy, you know?

An Eternal Now SG

In terms of relative truths, there is right or wrong, like for example you can pray for hostage's safety, but you can't pray for kidnappers' victories. Non-duality is not like that and does not 'cancel out' relative truths.

Though we should not attach to relative truths as if they are ultimately true and existent, otherwise we attach to forms and persons, right and wrong. While working on relative truths, we should not personalize a situation and just base on pure facts.

Also, I think the more appropriate term in Buddhism is not 'bless others'... we don't 'bless others', we can only 'dedicate merits to them' and also 'the grace of triplegem will bless'.

dumbdumb! SG

now i'm confused. Sad

An Eternal Now SG

What are you confused about?

laurence82 SG

this is generalisation

you are putting Muslims and terrorists in the same group

very demeaning

dumbdumb! SG

nevermind. doesn’t matter. to me, the talibans have to be captured and corrected or there will never be peace.

concerned_man SG

Taliban Says Some Hostages Ill

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1647814,00.html

laurence82 SG

same goes for another group of people

Rolling Eyes

gigabyte14 SG

no link Rolling Eyes

An Eternal Now SG

Yes yes.

gigabyte14 SG

ask yourself la

they go for fark

adding salt to the wound

AndrewPKYap SG

You do not see the link because you have not tasted happiness and bliss in yourself... once you know happiness and bliss you will be compassionate, it is only natural. Of course the other way is to be compassionate and then you will taste happiness and bliss but that is only if you have the "right" compassion. If you do not have compassion it shows that there is "something wrong" with you.

When you yourself are happy and blissful, you will be able to look back and ask yourself... why was I like that? Now you cannot because you are not in a happy and blissful state.

It reflects on you. Others can see it but not you. Other people that are happy and blissful can see what is wrong with you but you cannot. This is just an observation for you to think about.

yamizi SG

You seems to be getting more and more personal and agitated to me.

bohiruci SG

I think its a bad thing for world peace

terrorist holding innocent ppl as hostage

I will still pray for their safe return home ,regardless of what religion they are

Cool

AndrewPKYap SG

Thank you...

AndrewPKYap SG

July 28, 2007 - 10:06 PM
Afghans may use force if hostage talks fail
By Samar Zwak

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A female hostage among the remaining 22 Koreans held by Taliban fighters appealed on Saturday for a speedy end to their ordeal, as a senior Afghan official said force may be used to free them if talks fail.

The woman, one of 18 female hostages among the South Korean Christian volunteers kidnapped in Afghanistan more than a week ago, spoke to Reuters on the mobile phone of a Taliban fighter.

"We are tired and being moved from one location to another," she said in broken Dari, one of the main languages in Afghanistan.

"We are kept in separate groups and are not aware of each other. We ask the Taliban and the government to release us," she said. Pronunciation of her name could not be understood by a Reuters reporter who spoke to her.

Earlier Munir Mangal, a deputy interior minister, said negotiators were attempting to hold more talks with the Taliban.

"We believe in the talks and if dialogue fails then we will resort to other means," he told Reuters. When asked if that meant use of force, he replied: "Certainly."

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