parabola-magazine: “The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives–the way we
parabola-magazine: “The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives–the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods. We have to look deeply into the situation, and we will see the roots of war. We cannot just blame one side or the other. We have to transcend the tendency to take sides.“ —Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. Taken from Peace is Every Step, Bantam Books. The full version of this essay appears in Parabola, Winter 1991: “The Golden Mean.” This issue is available here. -- source link