Guest Post by Margaret Anna Alice
#IStandWithSucharit: Voice Your Support for Sucharit Bhakdi Before His May 23, 2023, Trial
“Where there’s no danger, there’s no courage.… Anyone can ‘endure’ security and well-being. The real challenges—the ones that force our endurance to grow from mere perseverance into true courage—arise in the face of hazard.
“So it is with moral courage, where danger is endured for the sake of an overarching commitment to conscience, principles, or core values.”
—Rushworth Kidder, Moral Courage (Kindle, paperback, hardcover)
Flanked by an entourage of stuffed animals that included a pig, puppy, monkey, and panda, Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi expounded:
“There are three things that bring people together, and those are what we must try to strive for. Mettā karuṇā in Thai means compassion, being with each other. Muditā means being able to be happy for each other. If you are doing well, I am happy for you. Upekkhā means staying in the middle, never seeking the extremes. All these three things are lost.”
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