I recently read some thoughts belonging to him Dalai Vecchio Information on war, on armed and military conflicts, extremely close to the traditional approach, but rarely put in gender practice «we learn to fight in order to no longer need a struggle» or in other words, the road is more important than the destination itself. And let’s never forget This FROM Bujutsudoes not mean «martial»,; Unfortunately, the translation, unfortunately. That This From martial arts means the ability to stop violence, to stop it just before the conflict broke out. «The sword is a value as it is in the sheath«It is also said in the Japanese martial tradition. Heiho Wa Heiho Nari the law of war is the law of the same law .
«The path of the strategy is the path of peace«, he said Iizasa ChoisaiThe founder of the oldest tradition of the sword: Katori Shinto Ryu. His wisdom was carried out by various martial traditions developed over time. Bokuden, «Saint Sabia» eventually gave up the sword and art Muto Dori (to capture the sword with empty hands) was taken on even higher peaks of Yaigi as morethe founder Yagyu Shinkage Ryu.
Hatsumi Sensei Recently he said it through Muto Dori Rather, we should understand the ability to take the opponent to fight himself, the motivation to fight, not just weapons. Excellent meditation topics that motivate us even more in our training. It is the philosophy we have followed Raiden DojoIn all the disciplines that we have practiced with all our masters in Japan / Okinawa (Iaijutsu, Aijujutsu, Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Kobujutsu, Kenpo, Karate, etc.). I go back to the point I have left, an excellent quote from Dalai Vecchio. Pleasant reading!
«Of course, war and large military units are the largest sources of violence in the world. Whether their purpose is defensive or offensive, these strong organizations exist only to kill human beings. We should carefully think about the reality of war. Most of us have been conditioned to consider military struggle and to be a good moment. The armies are legal, we believe that war is acceptable;
War is like a fire in the human community, whose fuel are living beings. I think this analogy is suitable and particularly useful. The modern war took place first of all with different forms of fire, but we are so conditioned to look at the fact that we are talking about this wonderful weapon as an extraordinary technology without reminding us that if you use in reality, live people will burn. In addition, war recalls a fire in the way it spreads. If a domain becomes weak, the commander officer sends reinforcements. This launches living people on the fire. But since we were washed the brain to think in this way, we do not consider the suffering of the individual soldiers. No soldier wants to be injured or die. None of the loved ones wants damage for him. If a soldier is killed or killed for life, at least 5 or 10 people – his relatives and friends – suffer. We should all be terrified by the greatness of this tragedy, but we are too confused.
Honestly, when I was a child, I was attracted to the army. Their uniform seemed so intelligent and beautiful. But that’s how seduction begins. The children start playing that one day they will lead them into trouble. There are many interesting games to play and costumes to wear other than those based on the killing of human beings. Once again, if we adults were not so fascinated by the war, we would see that to allow our children to get used to war games is extremely unhappy. The former soldiers told me that when they shot the first person they felt uncomfortable, but while they continued to kill him, they began to feel quite normal. Over time, we can get used to anything.
Not only during the military war units are destructive. With their design, these are the major violations of human rights and the soldiers themselves often suffer from their abuse. After the responsible officer gave beautiful explanations on the importance of the army, discipline and the need to conquer the enemy, the rights of the great mass of soldiers are completely removed. They are therefore obliged to lose their individual will and, finally, sacrifice their life. Furthermore, once an army becomes a strong force, there is the risk that destroys the happiness of his country.
There are people with destructive intentions in every society and temptations to reach control over an organization that can satisfy their desires, they can become overwhelming. But, it doesn’t matter how bad there are many killers who can currently stop their nations and cause international problems, it is obvious that they cannot damage others or destroy countless human lives if they do not have a military organization accepted and managed by society. As long as there are strong armies, there will always be the danger of the dictatorship. If we really believe that the dictatorship is a form of low and destructive governance, then we must recognize that the existence of a strong military unit is one of its main causes.
Militism is also very expensive. The search for peace by military force represents an extremely expensive weight for society. Governments spend large quantities of increasingly complicated weapons when, in fact, nobody wants to use them. Not only the money, but also precious energy and human intelligence are scattered, while everything that grows is afraid.
However, I want to clarify that, even if I am deeply contrary to war, I do not support mitigation. Often it is necessary to take a strong position to contrast unjust aggression. For example, it is clear for us that the Second World War was fully justified. «Save the civilization» from the tyranny of Nazi Germany, as Winston Churchill said. In my opinion, the Korea war was even just because it offered South Korea the opportunity to gradually develop democracy. But we cannot judge whether a conflict has been morally justified until after a retrospective analysis. For example, now we can see that during the cold war, the principle of nuclear discouragement had a certain value. However, it is very difficult to precisely evaluate all these aspects. War means violence and violence is unpredictable. Therefore, it is better to avoid it if possible and never suppose that we know in advance if the result of a certain war will be useful or not.
For example, in the case of the Cold War, for discouragement he could have contributed to the promotion of stability, a true peace has not been created. The last 40 years in Europe have seen only the absence of war, which has not been a true peace, but only a lifeless document. In the best case, the construction of weapons to maintain peace is only used as a temporary measure. Until the opponents do not trust each other, any number of factors can affect the balance of power. Sustainable peace can only be guaranteed on the basis of authentic trust. »
The original source: https://www.dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/thereality-of-war
I hope that the material will generate interesting meditations for each and in particular that we will be able to find the best ways to put these non -virol / trust principles into practice in everyday life, which are not only the essence of Buddhism but also the things of common sense.
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