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**Staillateno** · 09-20-2011, 07:35 AM

Genocide, for instance. My friend is Jewish; it's possible that members of his family suffered in the Holocaust.

I found myself wondering how I would explain the Buddhist emphasis on equanimity to someone who had survived such an atrocity -- or, to use another example, a rape victim.

...or a physical abused victim, etc.; the list can be very long

This issues are hard. Tend to lead heated argumentation. My grandmother was not Jewish. She practiced Hinduism but as many Germans she was forced to leave her country in very harsh conditions.

I can't give a thoughtful advice but just to share my most sincere feeling toward this particular issue based on very personal experience. The way I have known is to elaborate, with the tools given by Buddha, my sufferings. Become aware of the amount of pain that has been kept since the event (atrocity) happend. Recognize it. Trying to stop nourishing it and eventualy, at its proper time, letting it go. It will never be an easy practice. It will take a huge amount of time and patient practice. Hope this do not harm sensible feelings Lazy, knowing that this has relation with cherished friends of yours.

09-20-2011, 07:35 AM	#4
Staillateno Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	Genocide, for instance. My friend is Jewish; it's possible that members of his family suffered in the Holocaust. I found myself wondering how I would explain the Buddhist emphasis on equanimity to someone who had survived such an atrocity -- or, to use another example, a rape victim. ...or a physical abused victim, etc.; the list can be very long This issues are hard. Tend to lead heated argumentation. My grandmother was not Jewish. She practiced Hinduism but as many Germans she was forced to leave her country in very harsh conditions. I can't give a thoughtful advice but just to share my most sincere feeling toward this particular issue based on very personal experience. The way I have known is to elaborate, with the tools given by Buddha, my sufferings. Become aware of the amount of pain that has been kept since the event (atrocity) happend. Recognize it. Trying to stop nourishing it and eventualy, at its proper time, letting it go. It will never be an easy practice. It will take a huge amount of time and patient practice. Hope this do not harm sensible feelings Lazy, knowing that this has relation with cherished friends of yours.
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