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Special Retreat Thailand January 2007
Steve
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During the "Groups of People" meditation on Day 1 evening, thinking of the many, many people around the world living under the harsh rule of a dictator, (military or otherwise), I felt sorrow with them. Later I tried to find Compassion for the dictator, in the Dukkha meditation. The phrase came to mind: "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". Can you relate to this in Dhamma terms - both the process of corruption of an individual, a state, a society, etc., and the nature of the negative to come to the forefront.
Ref: 2007.01.x.03.02
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