At a talk on Human Spirituality and Happiness at the HK Institute of Education, a member of the audience says it is so hard to love one's enemy, and how could you love someone who is nasty.
It is important to know that loving someone who is very nasty and who has done terrible things does not mean that you forbear his behaviour. It only means that you will nevertheless wish that he will know better, and that he will change for the better. Punishment of wrong doers according to the law will still be necessary. Forgiving a wrongdoer is not the same as not punishing him. Forgiving him simply means no longer taking him as an enemy to fight with and forgetting your anger toward him.
Adolph Hitler did terrible things. But wouldn't you wish that he could be eventually freed from his biased views toward the Jews? Wouldn't the world be better if he could change and become an enlightened person free from bigotry and hatred?
