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Pray for Peace : Peace Palace, Hague Netherlands





Peace is always obtainable. But the way to peace is not only through prayers

and rituals. Peace is the result of man’s harmony with his fellow beings and with

his environment. The peace that we try to introduce by force is not a lasting peace.

It is an interval in between the conflict of selfish desire and worldly conditions.

Peace cannot exist on this earth without the practice of tolerance. To be

tolerant, we must not allow anger and jealousy to prevail in our mind. The

Buddha says, “No enemy can harm one so much as one’s own thoughts of craving,

hate, and jealousy. (Dhammapada 42)

The world is like a mirror and if you look in the mirror with a smiling face, you

can see your own, beautiful smiling face. On the other hand, if you look at it with

a long face, you will invariably see ugliness. Similarly, if you treat the world

kindly the world will also certainly treat you kindly. Learn to be peaceful with

yourself and the world will also be peaceful with you.

If we are to have peace in our world, each of us has to start by developing inner

peace. Otherwise, there will be no true peace in the world. And the thing that

ensures we have inner peace, peace in our hearts, is an unselfish concern for the

welfare of other people. In fact, we need to have loving-kindness—what we

Buddhists call mettā—for all living things.