{"id":17288,"date":"2025-12-29T18:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/why-certain-ideals-were-not-upheld\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:31:43","slug":"why-certain-ideals-were-not-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/en\/why-certain-ideals-were-not-upheld\/","title":{"rendered":"Why certain ideals were not upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17288\" class=\"elementor elementor-17288 elementor-16999\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfc473 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cfc473\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3e0e57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3e0e57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">--A quiet question about power and reason<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ad85b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37ad85b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c3d3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37c3d3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ideals that cannot be protected<br \/>will be taken away again and again.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is not whether or not you have power.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s whether you can simultaneously have the resolve to protect them<br \/>and the rationality not to pull the trigger.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f915ade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f915ade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62dee54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62dee54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Many ideals have been spoken of in the past.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f8bcb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63f8bcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6489d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6489d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peace, freedom, dignity, culture.<\/p>\n<p>All of these were beautiful,<br \/>All of these were right.<\/p>\n<p>And yet,<br \/>Time and again, these things were trampled upon,<br \/>Stolen away,<br \/>And disappeared into history.<\/p>\n<p>Not because the ideals were wrong,<br \/>But because they were not upheld.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-979278f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"979278f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70fc6ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70fc6ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It wasn't the idea that was stolen.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-656a102 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"656a102\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa2257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfa2257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When ideals crumble,<br \/>it&#8217;s not the words that break first.<\/p>\n<p>What breaks is the will to uphold them.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion is neglected,<br \/>promises are broken,<br \/>and in the end, the side that cannot keep their promises is chosen.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an abstract concept.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a reality that has been repeated many times throughout history.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40eef0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40eef0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67501db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67501db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The fate of a powerless community<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7179a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7179a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-096d38a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"096d38a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Communities that had no means to defend themselves<br \/>always remained &#8220;on the side of talking about ideals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They did not attack.<\/p>\n<p>They did not seek conflict.<\/p>\n<p>That in itself was an admirable attitude.<\/p>\n<p>However,<br \/>when they were unable to put their resolve to defend into concrete form,<br \/>that nobility was easily exploited.<\/p>\n<p>Ideals were praised,<br \/>and reality was taken away.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59dcd0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b59dcd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4294059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4294059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Power is not the answer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab2a1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ab2a1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf6c1ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf6c1ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Make no mistake here.<\/p>\n<p>Power does not solve everything.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary,<br \/>power creates new dangers.<\/p>\n<p>Fear, miscalculation, rampage.<\/p>\n<p>Once used,<br \/>it can have irreversible consequences.<\/p>\n<p>That is why<br \/>so many people have turned a blind eye to this question.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9eb3bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9eb3bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616358e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"616358e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is at stake is simultaneity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942b91c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"942b91c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-043ad30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"043ad30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The real question<br \/>is not whether you have power or not.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you can simultaneously possess the potential to have power<br \/>and the rationality not to use it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not enough to just be prepared to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Ration alone is not enough.<\/p>\n<p>It is extremely difficult to maintain both at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>That is why<br \/>I have failed so many times before.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2fa19e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e2fa19e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f11f55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f11f55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Peace cannot last by merely wishing for it.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483a1bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"483a1bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3085ad6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3085ad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peace will not last simply by wishing for it.<\/p>\n<p>But it cannot be protected by relying solely on force.<\/p>\n<p>Peace is a state in which we continue to accept the heaviest responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>If we continue to hold up ideals without understanding this,<br \/>we will end up repeating the same history once again.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91bbc22 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91bbc22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d693b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9d693b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This is not the answer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-515136b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"515136b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1272c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1272c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This article<br \/>does not present answers.<\/p>\n<p>It is simply a record<br \/>to avoid avoiding questions.<\/p>\n<p>If<br \/>we truly want to protect our ideals.<\/p>\n<p>If<br \/>we don&#8217;t want to continue to be the ones who have our ideals stolen from us.<\/p>\n<p>How far are we prepared to think?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b5a40e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b5a40e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bca635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bca635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I'll leave it here as a question<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d595488 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d595488\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ae3ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58ae3ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s easy to deny power.<br \/>It&#8217;s also easy to rely on power.<\/p>\n<p>But is it possible to choose neither,<br \/>and to maintain both the resolve to protect and rationality<br \/>at the same time?<\/p>\n<p>If we could do that,<br \/>what kind of people,<br \/>and what kind of community would that be?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;A quiet question about power and reason Ideals that cannot be protectedwill be taken away again and again. 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