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Sixty five years ago, at 8:15 in the morning in Hiroshima, Japan, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on mankind. Over one hundred thousand people died from the initial place while hundreds of thousands were affected by the last damages due to radiation. This year will mark the first ti...
No apology from US for Hiroshima, Nagasaki .
'...it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.'
The Collected Works of J Krishnamurti, Volume V, p.66
'Naming is a very convenient way of disposing of things and of people - by saying that they are Germans, Japanese, Americans, Hindus, you can give them a label and destroy the label. If you do not give a label to people you are forced to look at them and then it is much more difficult to kill somebody. You can destory the label with a bomb and feel righteous, but if you do not give a label and must therefore look at the individual thing - whether it is a man or a flower or an incident or and emotion - then you are forced to consider your relationship with it, and with the action following.'
The First and Last Freedom, p.250
'When you call yourself a Buddhist, a Christian, what does the word mean, what is the meaning behind that word, which you have never examined?'
The First and Last Freedom, p.251
'When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.'
The First and Last Freedom, p.252
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-NBVMH4hFw
'...it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.'
The Collected Works of J Krishnamurti, Volume V, p.66
'Naming is a very convenient way of disposing of things and of people - by saying that they are Germans, Japanese, Americans, Hindus, you can give them a label and destroy the label. If you do not give a label to people you are forced to look at them and then it is much more difficult to kill somebody. You can destory the label with a bomb and feel righteous, but if you do not give a label and must therefore look at the individual thing - whether it is a man or a flower or an incident or and emotion - then you are forced to consider your relationship with it, and with the action following.'
The First and Last Freedom, p.250
'When you call yourself a Buddhist, a Christian, what does the word mean, what is the meaning behind that word, which you have never examined?'
The First and Last Freedom, p.251
'When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.'
The First and Last Freedom, p.252
http://www.youtube.com/wat
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