Ode regularly invites a well-known activist, author, thinker or entrepreneur to pen some thoughts on a topic of his or her choosing, to which you can respond. The only guidelines--be inspiring and provocative.
Dalai Lama on guilt
Here's a little anecdote:
A friend of mine once saw the Dalai Lama speak at a conference. He told me that from the audience several questions arose, and one of the people was asking something about guilt and how to deal with it. Then, to everyone's surprise, this lengthy conversation started between the Dalai Lama and his interpreter. The Dalai Lama just didn't understand the question and kept getting back to his interpreter to clarify. In fact, as it happened, the Dalai Lama was not aware of a concept that we call "guilt!"
Isn't that wonderful? Guilt is the emotion that one has done something wrong. But: what if you just don't do something wrong?

That is wonderful story. Thanks for sharing :-)
posted by hillary on 8/17/2009 8:29 am