Dear friends, the important question is not the future of Buddhism and its message. What's important is the widespread realization of wisdom and compassion.
It is clear that no amount of outer technological development—supercomputers, enhanced genetics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, space technology, and the rest—will end warfare, racism, environmental destruction, tribalism, and global injustice.
The US is the world's largest producer and exporter of weapons, yet we do not feel safe. We have grain elevators full of food, yet millions of children around the world are hungry. Our heart feels their plight and whispers to us: What can we do?
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