Well, it is always disturbing to see people giving over their own powers of thought and decision to some bunch of words written down in a religious book, a political manifesto, or a constitution...as if that will solve all their problems.

On top of that, they frequently haven't even read the document with much attention (if at all), but simply let their "leaders" tell them what it purportedly says.

So, don't follow leaders.

Figure it out for yourself.

No matter what the Taliban destroy in the physical realm, they cannot destroy what inspired it, and they will be gone one day, but what inspired it will remain. This world, in the terms of Buddhism, is a world of illusion anyway. The Taliban are taking the illusion way too seriously, I believe. They're not alone in that.

Like the rest of you, I am very unhappy to hear of this destruction of religious objects, so don't get me wrong. I'm just looking at it from another angle, as Buddha might have. Spirit has a lot of time at its disposal, and a great deal of compassion. Things like this have happened before, and no doubt will again. They are the crazy moments in the grand flow of evolution on this planet, and they are the exception, fortunately, not the rule. Blessed are the peacemakers.

- LH