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May 2009 
Respect Others
Posted on Jan 23rd, 2009
by 
Hillora
Hillora
The following excerpt is from a Tricycle Magazine interview with Daisaku Ikeda, third president of the Soka Gakkai (Value Creation Society) International, by Clark Strand.
All people are equally endowed with the inherent capacity to respect others, and this capacity is a source of inexhaustible hope because it embodies a universal truth that transcends the specifics of religious creeds. The respect offered by Buddhists to other people is offered in virtue of their humanity, without regard to their religious belief or creed. Nichiren described this with a poetic metaphor, saying that when we bow to a mirror, the figure in the mirror bows back reverentially at us. This is the true spirit of Buddhism, and yes, it is reason for great hope.
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This is why I am drawn to Buddhism… I do think respect of others requires first, respect of one’s self, one’s divinity, all that is given to us in the spirit. Many of us haven’t decided to access that, consequently the lack of thought and care that we see. I continue to pray for the awakening in my lifetime.
Thank you for this gift. [I needed it today! It’s a topic on my table right now…]
Sherri
Deep bows, sweet sisters. YES yes yes and yes. We are all endowed with an inherent capacity to respect and love one another, and all things of creation. For we are one. Bless you! Bless you….
Peace and Oceans of Love,
Jeannie
I bowed to the mirror in my blog today; found one by Ashley that is similar; and now I find a link in yours.
So this respect is actually an awareness of oneness.
