Dharma combat

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Paul Rezendes

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Apr 26, 2026, 12:59:59 PMApr 26
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Jason, Jeff, Dan, Rani, and everyone else,

I've been hesitant to go into what I'm about to go into, mainly because I want to avoid dharma combat. I have no interest in doing dharma combat with anyone. This is just my limited attempt to communicate something. Let's see where it lands.

Yes, there is a lot of violence in the world, not to mention human suffering. It is happening, and there is an acceptance of that fact. That doesn't mean I should love it. I think there might be something we are missing here, and it's very hard to communicate. We often say, “Well, it's already happened, so there is nothing you can do about it.” Can we understand what's happening has its own momentum/action? If bombs are being dropped on people one is identified with, then that action is creating anger, fear, and the need to retaliate. There is no reaction there; what is happening is changing what is happening next. Actually, there is no next; it is a continuum. Hate, anger, fear, is more hate, anger, fear. But when the bombs drop and people are hurt and people are suffering, and it doesn't enter the mentality of some identification, it enters instead a mentality that understands the cycle there that's perpetuating itself. That understanding becomes compassion, the compassion to communicate that we don't have to do this. One knows that because one has been a violent person and there has been a seeing that that can come to an end. One doesn't have to be in conflict with oneself nor with another person. So the action now is to communicate that. I hope that makes things clear.

One more thing: if a person feels that it's already happened and there's nothing they can do about it, then that non-action is its own action, which hopefully doesn't continue the cycle of conflict. Others may feel that change is possible because they've seen it within themselves. They have communicated it to others. There's nothing to convince anybody about. There is just an understanding that violence can end in oneself. What is in one self reflects outwardly. There is an understanding there trying to point back to itself in another person.

With affection and love for everyone,

Paul

Paul Rezendes

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Apr 26, 2026, 1:20:04 PMApr 26
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Everyone,

Just after I had finished the email below, I listened to this video that Renée Salazar sent me. It fits almost perfectly with what I was trying to communicate. 


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Rani Madhavapeddi

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Apr 27, 2026, 1:36:55 PMApr 27
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No dharma combat 
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Rani Madhavapeddi Patel


On Apr 26, 2026, at 10:20 AM, Paul Rezendes <pho...@paulrezendes.com> wrote:

Everyone,

Just after I had finished the email below, I listened to this video that Renée Salazar sent me. It fits almost perfectly with what I was trying to communicate. 


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