Business Buddhism

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Russian forces liberating Jewish and other prisoners in Auschwitz. When I was a teenager at home in Germany, we watched all the black and white original film materials that were frequently shown on TV: the gas chambers, starved prisoners, dead prisoners piled up in heaps, the fences… How could one group of humans be so cruel towards another group of humans?

Growing up in Germany, it was a small step to recognize that little separates me from the Nazis – time, place, and my immediate environment/family. “I am a human, I consider nothing human alien to me”- Terence. Our potential for cruelty is human. That potential doesn’t actualize if we cultivate and utilize our capacity for love and compassion. Recognizing kinship with the other, compassion and care forms automatically.