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#thichnathhanh

To be alive is to be part of a food chain. How do we make ethical choices when we recognise all beings as sentient? As in so many questions of ethics I’d listen to Buddhists like the late zen teacher #ThichNathHanh, whose traditions have understood the sentience of all beings - animal, vegetable & mineral - for centuries.

Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/25/do-worms-feel-pain-are-ants-happy-science-of-invertebrate-feelings?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I’ve been wondering, what would #ThichNathHanh say? Having lived through civil war, brutality, loss & exile. And of course, it’s this. People are not our enemy.

‘Even as they
strike you down
with a mountain of hatred & violence;
even as they step on you & crush you like a worm, ….
remember: man is not your enemy.’

Difficult sentiments in our polarised world.

https://deerparkmonastery.org/general/message-to-the-international-plum-village-community-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/

#QuotesILove #AvantiCompagni

"En me réveillant ce matin je souris,
24h toutes neuves se tiennent devant moi."

#ThichNathHanh
(Joyeusement piqué à Crystel Dena-Sohier)
Photo : #SabineWeiss