User talk:Behrouzkia

Today, I had the chance to read Honorable Delai Lama's articla in Times about tolerance and understandin between science and religion. It was, on itself, the best example of this tolerance and understandin, but unfortunately, Delai Lama is among very few religious leaders who thinks so. In the last few years, since the civil war in Lebanon, we are facing a very hard fundemetalism in religion, which unfortunately no one of them wants to give in on yard or one step to even consider or listan to the argument of the other. A very true example but as one is what is happening in the United States with the education system. The board of education who are supposed to guide the students into the world are science, are totally refusing to accept the facts and forcing religious mythology, not science, to be taught at schools. I was born into a Muslim family ( though I do not believe religion can be inherited like genes ), but by the time I came to myself, I was converted to Buddhism by a Catholic priest who secretly became a Buddhist when he was serving in Tibet. Since then, I found out there is more to a religion that what the preachers talk about and there is a big difference between the pure, clean philosophy of Buddhism and the fundementalistic look at universe. What we are seeing in the world today, is when this fundementalism is comming into contact with other one just as hard and the result is the bloodshed, killings, kidnapping, executions, and terrorism that is ripping into human soul, and no one wants to sit and talk with moderation and understang. I have a large picture of Delai Lama on the wall next to me, and every time hatred begins to penetrate me, I look at this picture and picture of Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and I think " what would these people do if they were in my situation ? These people are from different countries with different religion.  The hatred is replaced by understanding and calm returns to me.         I go back to my meditation. Behrouz Kia