Om Ah Hung: Tibetan New Year, Feb. 25
"Hatred cannot conquer hatred. Hatred is only conquered by love." (Dhammapada of Buddha) "Have compassion for your enemy, and pray for those who persecute you." (Gospel of Christ) We meditate for the earth's oppressed on the Tibetan New Year, February 25. For them we chant, Om Ah Hung . We remember those whom the world has forgotten. We remember the sufferings of Buddhists in Tibet, of Baha'i in Iran, of Christians in China, of Palestinians and Jews in the troubled lands of Gaza, Israel and the Left Bank of the Jordon. We remember all who suffer in Dafur, Zaire, the Sudan, in Iraq and Afghanistan. We remember the sufferings of New Orleans. We call to mind those who are dear to us, speaking their names or holding them silently in the light of compassion.... May the fruits of our meditation nourish not only the oppressed but the oppressors, whose minds are confused through lack of peace, whose deeds are bitter through lack of joy, who project the shadows of th...