Conflict: the Companion of Valuable Activities
Even in ordinary life, any valuable activity will be accompanied by conflict. It is nearly a sign of doing the right thing to have detractors. For example: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a highly commendable person with few (if any) faults, is maligned by millions of people and many others who are taught to hate him. Je Pabongka Rinpoche, who lived an exemplary life was one of the greatest lamas of Tibet, and is quite regularly maligned after being gone about 70 years. Gandhi was killed out of hatred. The previous Panchen Lama was killed. Jesus was killed. Being maligned and insulted seems to be a feature in the lives of many great beings. Those who promoted environmental guardianship were told that they were crazy. Antiwar, ecology and even community currency advocates are still considered fringe lunatics to many. It might even seem that what is worth doing, is also considered worthy of becoming a target for insults or even death. However, complacency will whisper to us that if things ...