In today's local English newspaper, there is an article featuring Phra Anil, a Thai Buddhist monk. He is leading the Supreme Patriarch's present flood relief effort. (The Supreme Patriarch is the closest the Buddhist monks of Thailand would have to someone being the local Cardinal or Pope.) As such, he is responsible for the distribution of a huge amount of aid being donated by the Buddhist world in Asia. Phra Anil names it as "a surge of compassion from around Asia".
As he reflects on the experience of helping flood victims, he finishes the article with an insight. It goes like this.
"As much as the current crisis is an opportunity to show compassion,
compassion is easily corrupted by the lure of fame and power."
I think, "How true!"
I am John Murray, an Australian, Catholic priest of the Order of St Augustine. I live and work in Thailand and have been here since October 2005. I have many stories from my life journey and would simply like to share some of them. So hope you enjoy and go away sometime with a smile or a helpful little insight.
We gather
to give thanks for my 25 years.
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