“Sé impecable con tu palabra. No uses tu palabra para hablar mal de nadie ni a ti mismo.”
Ahora entiendo por qué. Todos los seres formamos parte del universo—somos parte de Uno. Si critico a mi vecino de la Tierra, me critico a mí misma también, porque en realidad no somos seres separados. No me sirve de criticarme porque entonces faltaría confianza en mí misma y tendría bajo el autoestima, y así nunca realizaría mi verdadera integridad.
“Be impeccable with your word. Don’t use your word to speak ill of anyone, not even yourself.”
Now I understand why. All of us are part of the universe—we are part of One. If I criticize my Earth neighbor, I’m criticizing myself as well, because the truth is we are not separate beings. It does me no good to criticize myself because then I would lack self-confidence and I would have low self-esteem, and I would never bring to fruition my true integrity.
I’ve been reading a book by Stephen Batchelor called “Buddhism Without Beliefs,” and I quote the following:
“As empathetic beings in a participatory reality we cannot, without losing our integrity, hurt, abuse, rob or lie to others. Ethical integrity originates in empathy, for then we take the well-being of others to heart and are moved to be generous and caring.”
La idea de esto dice que si causamos daño, abusamos, robamos o mentimos a los demás, perdemos nuestra integridad porque la integridad ética tiene su origen en la empatía.
Si me trato bien a mí, tengo que tratar bien a mi vecino porque es parte de mí y soy parte de él.
Being good to myself, I must be good to my neighbor because he is part of me and I am part of him.
Soy Lorena.
9/24/07
2 comments:
I enjoyed your post - this weekend I had a somewhat negative chat with someone about religion. This person was urging me to read the Quran, and that it would all start to make sense to me as the one true religion. I replied that I leaned more torwards Buddhism, and was then told that Buddhism is a religion of man, but not of God. I know very little of Islam, but I do not feel a need to learn about the Islam I was confronted with in the conversation.
I understand what you're saying. Buddhism isn't really a religion when you think about it. I see it more as a way of being, a way of behaving in this world, having compassion for everyone and everything, even those who are blinded by narrow thinking that there is only ONE WAY, ONE RELIGION, ONE BELIEF SYSTEM. We are part of the larger Universe, but we are unique too in our individual points of view. I can see how when someone is rigid in their thinking, it can turn us away from wanting to know more about their beliefs. My sympathies to you, my friend.
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