The Dalai Lama Analysis

The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist Chinese activist with a clear argument in the Sunflower’s Symposium. He has more of a moral point of view on whether Wiesenthal a Jew at a concentration camp should have forgiven a Nazi soldier. Some evidence: a quote from his essay states “One should forgive the person or persons who have committed atrocities against oneself and mankind. But this does not necessarily mean one should forget about the atrocities committed.” In other words, forgive but don’t forget. He first states that people should forgive and not forget, also he goes into talking about a man that he knew named Tibet. He had committed many crimes in China and was put in jail for a long amount of time. When he was released from jail he says “what
I think that it is important to forgive one another. I understand that The Holocaust was a disgusting act and never should have happening in our world’s history, but I also understand that The Dalai Lama is trying to show the love that we as a world have forgotten. I believe that if as a whole the world needs to have more love and mercy. We are all human and we all mess up because we are not perfect.

If I was Wiesenthal I would have forgiven the Nazi solider. I am a Seventh-Day Adventist and I believe in God. In the Bible, God gave us The Ten Commandments, which are a sets of laws that believers should abide by in other words a way of living. One of these commandments are “thou shall love your enemy as yourself.” This is very powerful and important. I believe that the Jew should have forgiven the Nazi soldier and have peace with him. I think that holding grudges is very unhealthy and makes a person meaner and more hateful. I would have forgiven the soldier because it is what God would have wanted me to do.

The Dalai Lama wrote an article on showing mercy and forgiving but not forgetting. I agree because I think that our world needs more love. We all make mistakes and we should move on with our lives instead of holding grudges on