the ultimate act of compassion - Japan

[zenmaster]

Selfless acts such as those are humbling, considering the other choices of comfort that are possible.

Very rightly said, Zenmaster. The man, N Krishnan, is nothing short of a divine servant of the most highest order of love in the kingdom of god, in my opinion. Even as we Indians discuss about this man, we try to punch holes into his story, because we do not want to believe that such people can exist in today's world and in a country like ours (India). But the more we know about him, the more we are forced to accept the spirit of compassion and complete sacrifice of the self in him. If of an earlier period, the man would have been deified by us Indians to the category of a higher order of being, so that normal humans can escape the fact that we too can raise from the corporeal to the divine, while still resident on earth.

Krishnan only shot to international fame in 2010. The following is a news article from mid 2008, which lays his unbelievable story in much greater perspective. It is a short one and I hope you enjoy it, if you wish to read it -

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/...ation.html

I wonder what Krishnan understands and does not accept, behind the idea of corporations getting a write-off for charitable donations. It would seem that he thinks it's a greater problem itself, than being able to feed a hungry person? Maybe the ends, even it results in a person living or dying, do not justify the means? I guess that is something to seriously consider.