The Dalilai Lama By Edward H. Flannery

Reflections of The Sunflower Symposium
The Sunflower created an open-ended question allowing for other people to come up with their own answer. Creating the symposium allowed for fifty-five such individuals to answer the question what would you do? Each of the fifty-five intelligent men and women gave their viewpoints and opinions. The men and women used their own perspective and using their experiences to understand and access Simon’s circumstances. Reaching into themselves to discover their own heart and mind of what they would have done given the chance. Three responses I have chosen is Robert McAffee Brown, The Dalai Lama, and Edward H. Flannery. Three who have responded to Simons’ critical question.
Robert McAfee Brown was born in 1920 and lived until 2001. During his life, he was a Christian theologian, teacher, author, and preacher. During WWII, he worked with others and helped to show what it meant to live as Christians during wartime (Brown, Robert, Overview). McAfee Brown was listening to a

The Dalai Lama believes one should forgive but not necessarily forget (DalaiLama, 129). He values the past and to use the past to our advantage so no reoccurrence will happen in the future. When evil takes hold, and allows itself to grow it begins to consume ourselves. (DalaiLama, 129)
As our world, has evolved, as society changes we have allowed ourselves to forget one another. We need to use compassion to forgive one another but can we forget the evil that has taken ahold of our society? As the Dalai Lama states remembering the past allows us to use this to bring peace for our future (DalaiLama, 129). If we forget our past there is no hope for our future. I believe allowing forgiveness allows evil to the ability to spread showing others that when you do wrong someone will forgive you and that allows it to be