Hello Pink_Trike, The Dhamma, all,
I'm not sure if you realise that many of us know Samoans who have been affected personally. Many of my clients are Samoans who are frightened and desperate for news of their loved ones.
This thread wasn't supposed to be an academic discussion about the pervasiveness of suffering - which is a little insensitive in this context.
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Re: Tsunami warning: Pacific Islands and NZ
Hello Chris,Chris wrote:Hello Pink_Trike, The Dhamma, all,
I'm not sure if you realise that many of us know Samoans who have been affected personally. Many of my clients are Samoans who are frightened and desperate for news of their loved ones.
This thread wasn't supposed to be an academic discussion about the pervasiveness of suffering - which is a little insensitive in this context.
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Chris
I'm sorry you find it "insensitive". Since this is a Buddhist board, my feeling is that The Dhamma's and my comments are timely and appropriate.
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Re: Tsunami warning: Pacific Islands and NZ
Hi Chris,Chris wrote: I'm not sure if you realise that many of us know Samoans who have been affected personally. Many of my clients are Samoans who are frightened and desperate for news of their loved ones.
This thread wasn't supposed to be an academic discussion about the pervasiveness of suffering - which is a little insensitive in this context.
This has nothing to do with ignoring the present tragedy, but just about extending the metta to all of the suffering.
As you know, when you do metta meditation you start with yourself, to those around you, and gradually extend this to all nations, and all beings. We can extend our karuna and metta to the Samoans and then to all the others who are also suffering, for example in Africa and elsewhere.