Minutes ago, I retweeted the Delai Lama.
“A happy society must be created by people themselves, not through prayer alone, but by taking action.”
I liked this tweet enough to retweet it. It’s practical, not pietistic.
Conversely, a tweet from Christian prayer initiative got my goat yesterday. The tweet quoted A.W.Pink and said “The measure of your love for others can be seen in the fervency and frequency of your prayers for them.”
Really? Isn’t the measure of my love for people quite a lot to do with being patient, cooking meals, washing dishes, speaking encouragement, confronting wrong, listening carefully, wiping up sick, mopping brows, laughing at jokes, being reliable, keeping my temper, noticing things, driving around, mopping the floor, staying up late, getting up early, seeing things positively, forgiving, forgiving, forgiving, being forgiven, being forgiven, being forgiven, crying, longing, aching – and okay, praying?
Does this make me a Buddhist?
“A happy society must be created by people themselves, not through prayer alone, but by taking action.”
I liked this tweet enough to retweet it. It’s practical, not pietistic.
Conversely, a tweet from Christian prayer initiative got my goat yesterday. The tweet quoted A.W.Pink and said “The measure of your love for others can be seen in the fervency and frequency of your prayers for them.”
Really? Isn’t the measure of my love for people quite a lot to do with being patient, cooking meals, washing dishes, speaking encouragement, confronting wrong, listening carefully, wiping up sick, mopping brows, laughing at jokes, being reliable, keeping my temper, noticing things, driving around, mopping the floor, staying up late, getting up early, seeing things positively, forgiving, forgiving, forgiving, being forgiven, being forgiven, being forgiven, crying, longing, aching – and okay, praying?
Does this make me a Buddhist?
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