Benefits, Drawbacks, and the Way Out

~ By Ajahn Pasanno ~

They are certainly drawbacks to having a global pandemic, but is it all doom and gloom and complete misery? That’s certainly part of it, but it’s also an opportunity for stepping back and, as a society also, to be able to reflect more clearly: Where are our values? What’s actually valuable? What’s useful? And what are the ways that we can live together as human beings and not just be in competition with each other?

(From ‘Practicing Metta,' a Dhamma talk offered at Abhayagiri Monastery on 21 March 2020.)

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