I grieve for the students and the family and friends of the V. Tech students who were murdered the other day. Sadness comes from my gut for them. I also grieve with all those associated with V. Tech. I also grieve, in a different way, for the terribly delusioned murderer.
Now - in a whole world I also grieve for 150 residents of Iraq murdered yesterday. And I grieve for the 15 to 30 soldiers killed every month now. And on. In a whole world all these deaths call for grief and for attention to delusions that bring them about.
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude - Suzuki Roshi -
Thursday, April 19, 2007
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