#BlackLivesMatter and Living the Bodhisattva Vow

[Myosha]

Hello,

The concept there are three . . .four . . . five races is dumb. There's one race, human. Everything else is bigotry, ethnicity or idiocy. Peel our skin off: we're all African. Have a day!


Gassho
Myosha
sat today

[Jundo]

Racism is actually a coined term created to discourage discernment. In this case: discrimination. Which I have found to be possibly one of the first politically correct terms created.

The fact is that all of humanity are "racist". We tend to discriminate against that which is unfamiliar or undesirable within and without our culture and race. All in the name of ethnic and culturally personal preservation.

It makes sense, too. Accepting multicultural ideals and genius has always been the staple of humanity i.e. the silk road. However, mingling of races has never been a desired way of intigration. It has in the past and clearly now prooves to be disastrous (you need look no further than Belgium, France, and Germany).

You see, every race has a culture with an ideal way of living life. Integrate those people into another races lands and you will see strife. And this strife will continue until one race of people come out as the dominate race. As said before, you need look no further than western europe (and some parts of the east).

Racism, no matter how you perceive it...is actually necessary. It's necessary for the cultural, economic, and scientific advancement of all of mankind.

Why do you think there are so many Japanese buddhists who disapprove western soto-zen? Let's use our heads here, guys.

Kyle,
Sat2day

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Discernment is one think, but discrimination involves biased stereotypes and prejudices. The latter will not be tolerated here, whether it comes from a Sangha member or a Japanese Roshi or Buddha himself.

Gassho, Jundo

SatToday

[Mp]

Racism, no matter how you perceive it...is actually necessary. It's necessary for the cultural, economic, and scientific advancement of all of mankind.

NO!!! Racism in ANY form is toxic and destructive in ALL its forms and should not to tolerated!

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Tai Shi]

The neighbors in my old HS neighborhood were black, and for the most part they were better off than we were, and we all seemed to get along. Money does a lot to create distance and mistrust. Again, are there some Black folks who practice Zen? I've read a book by a black woman who found her way with Chan Buddhism though friends and neighbors didn't get it--that's my story that no one in this community maybe has ever heard of Zen or Buddhism. Family think what I do is crazy--I stay quiet. Practice and live and let live.
Tai Chi
std
Gassho