This was true on Thursday night, September 17th. By the next evening, accepting a transfusion of whole blood was still forbidden, but “after prayerful consideration,” the Governing Body decided accepting any of those four separate components was now a conscience matter, a personal decision that no longer carried any punishment or stigma. It was presented as “brighter light” of understanding from God.
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I live in Religion Row, the first row of the 10 rows of bunks. Three of us were meditating yesterday on one end while three people at the other end were holding Bible study.
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Long before Christianity emerged, human beings were already wrestling with the fundamental questions of civilization.
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Buddha didn’t teach a narrow, cramped road leading to Enlightenment. He didn’t concern himself with divine wrath, or really divine anything. There’s no reward for “getting it right,” nor punishment if you don’t.
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Buddhist language is fine if we can really master it. Christian language is not very dissimilar in meaning when we deepen our understanding.
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