[Buddha-l] Reaching out to others in charity

[John Willemsens]

Is it not as a Buddhist that a Buddhist becomes a member of the Rotary Club, 
etc.?
John Willemsens.

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So in my life I have had to keep "church and charity" separated to this 
degree, maintaining membership in both organizations, one to learn dharma 
and help living beings spiritually, and the other to help other beings in a 
more practical sense with food, medical care, schools, inoculations, 
surgeries for deformed faces, digging wells, and too many other projects to 
mention..   For me it has been a very good arrangement, and I know that 
there are no confusing agendas that way.   I feel really good about it.
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Evelyn

"Since everything is but an apparition, perfect in being what it is, having 
nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst 
into laughter."    -Longchenpa