By Jason Lim
I remember listening to the Ven. Bomnyeon, a Buddhist monk who is well-known and respected for his off-the-cuff lectures on all issues ranging from North Korea nukes to personal relationships, field a question from a woman who had been brutally raped in the past and wanted desperately to escape from its clutches that continued to haunt her and ruin her life.
Speaking very carefully because this touched on a very traumatic and personal scar, he basically said to forgive unconditionally. More specifically, to forgive so that you can move on with your life without being forever subjected to something that happened to you in the past. Just consider it a bad dream that you woke up from. Don’t choose to live within that nightmare continuously. Choose to wake up. And forgiving is the first step towards that new state of being. To Read More....
I remember listening to the Ven. Bomnyeon, a Buddhist monk who is well-known and respected for his off-the-cuff lectures on all issues ranging from North Korea nukes to personal relationships, field a question from a woman who had been brutally raped in the past and wanted desperately to escape from its clutches that continued to haunt her and ruin her life.
Speaking very carefully because this touched on a very traumatic and personal scar, he basically said to forgive unconditionally. More specifically, to forgive so that you can move on with your life without being forever subjected to something that happened to you in the past. Just consider it a bad dream that you woke up from. Don’t choose to live within that nightmare continuously. Choose to wake up. And forgiving is the first step towards that new state of being. To Read More....
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