Hatred is a natural emotion and we'll never be rid of that. The OP seems to be referring to bigotry and prejudice. We'll never be rid of that, either, as humans are tribal animals with a propensity towards in-group preferences.
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What would it take?
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Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Where did i say i hate?
Just because i do not follow politic life or does not care about it, does that make it hate?
Shantanu
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So there are things about the world that you do not care at all about, right?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Yes but when it comes to people i have compassion toward everyone, no matter who they are.
What i do not "care" about is things that are not needed in life or doing things that harm my self or others.
Mundane life does not interest me, but i live in a normal world (not being a monk) so when i am with my fianceè i can do things she like to do. But i dont hate those thing ofcourse.
I do not feel hate toward anything
Sustainability, wisdom, mutual acceptance and support.
The first significant steps right now would involve serious efforts at population planning and breaking down national and cultural barriers.
As mentioned in post #7, hate is a product of judgment which has its etiology in ego.
Shantanu
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Is it to do with lack of understanding of the gravity of injustices perpetrated by man upon man as if one should just idly watch the world go by and keep oneself isolated to attain nirvana?
Shantanu
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Is there nothing that you hate?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
As long i do not live as a monk i am bound to live in life with other people and deal with those problems that may occure. But what is important is to not be attached to it, to observe and understand why things happens as they do, both the good and the less good things in life.
I dont think of Nirvana because i still have attachments to some things in this life,and before i can think of Nirvana i also need to let go of the attachment to reach it.
Best answer i can give is that what i dois to live in the moment, Not be bound by past or attached to future.
Injustice happens only if you are attached to the feeling of being treaded bad. if you can just accept the situation no matter what happens you no longer will deal with justice or injustice.
Meditation, study of teaching, pondering about the cause of life, follow the 4 noble truths and 8 folded path is what is most important to me in life.
Shantanu
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So if you saw an old lady being mugged in the street, you will just try to understand why it is happening but not go and apprehend the mugger or stop the woman being mugged?
I don't think he ever told anyone not to hate. I'm not seeing proselytizing being @Amanaki's thing.
Can you cite a post where he said that?
Simple.
Almighty God starts making humans who are less blind, stupid, and prone to behaving like animals.
Not that there is any such God, as history will attest.
Tom
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I would protect the woman without harming the people who mugged her.
If i get harmed my self in a situation like that it is ok. but i do live a life of no harm toward others. That is a part of buddhism, Harming others is harming one self because of karma laws.
In Christianity they say "do to others what you want others to do to you" meaning if i dont want to get harmed i do not harm others. And in this sense of my words it means if i harm them i get neative karma toward me and that means i will suffer later in life.
I'm kind of hoping you have a human in your pocket, because I would hope you wouldn't presume to speak for me.
While this is a great sentiment, we can hardly achieve this on a religious forum, let alone worldwide. Do you think these attributes are realistic?
Shantanu
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This:
What would it take to end all hatred in the world?
There is not. I have realized nothing productive comes of hate.
Shantanu
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Oh I see, You are worried that you will suffer later on in life because if you catch the mugger and get the Police to charge him and have him sent to prison, you will acquire negative karma which Buddha said will rebound on you later on in this life or in your next life to make you suffer: did I understand you correctly?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
All i asked was, What would it take to end hatred? How can that be to promote hate?