We should maintain that if an interpretation of any word in any religion leads to disharmony and does not positively further the welfare of the many, then such an interpretation is to be regarded as wrong; that is, against the will of God, or as the working of Satan or Mara.
Buddhadasa Bikkhu, a Thai Buddhist Monk
Monday, January 7, 2013
Forgetting the Past
We can forget the past, but the past, most assuredly, will not forget us.
Eric Foner,
Who Owns History? (New York: Hill & Wang, 2002), 108.
