As a practising Buddhist ( albeit not a very good example ) the unfolding events in Japan really do bring home to me one of the main teachings, namely that of impermanence. Who can fail to feel deep compassion and sorrow seeing the horror of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown?
At the moment I am co leading a beginners meditation course and what strikes me is how many people coming along have problems and difficulties in their daily lives. They are all looking for a way to get some peace and a way to manage the stress in their lives. No doubt many of the Japanese who were living comfortable well ordered lives were also suffering from the same sort of problems, problems we have the luxury to indulge " in advanced societies " but now they have lost everything and are just thinking of survival. It does put our problems into perspective.
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