Adopt peacefulness as a mindset – and act in a peaceful way toward yourself, those closest to you, your community and the world.
That was the message Feb. 3 shared by Buddhist monk Bhikkhu Pannakara to a group of about 100 people gathered at the Virginia Randolph Education Center on Mountain Road for a 45-minute Peace Talk.
“Tell the universe that today is going to be my peaceful day,” Pannakara told the crowd. “Imagine if all the people in this world, doing the same thing, just spread that message of peace to the universe, instead of hate, instead of angry, instead of greedy and delusion. . . So now we change it – [share] just kindness, compassion and peace to the universe. It will shower back now with love and kindness and compassion and peace, so that this world will be bloomed and fill us with peace.”…