Don't be opinionated and fight for what you think is right, be it spiritual ideology or societal views. Men must rise above tribal or animal pack mind set. But however hard we try, often nature seems to have upper hand. Pack mentality will prevail somehow.
A more civil way is to say that men tend to have groupings based on shared agenda. Birds of a feather flock together. Monkeys roam in packs and are territorial.
But as humans, more so if we are followers of a heavenly saint, we must try to be more than man and the last thing we want is to monkey around.
Let us be more focused on being as right as we can be but not opinionated and petty. Many animals, monkeys included, are at times more worthy and exemplary. They may be better than men even with much less blessings, endowment and resources. (There are many narrations in the Jataka stories by Gautama Buddha of animals with the buddha or bodhi-citta heart.)
Lord Bo Tien said that we have to learn from the strengths and shortfalls of our kind and of the other fellow beings, be they animals or otherwise. The gospel is in life around us and life is the living gospel. Life is the Word of God Almighty.
Thus the Buddha Gautama had stressed that phenomna in life is Dhamma (Truth or Teaching) and they enable us to know the true nature of life and existence, of often baneful (destructive) or vile (unpleasant) behaviour of men. Understanding life and phenomena in life, we could realise the need for the animal in man to give way to the saint in man. Be wary of the animal in man --- that is in everyone of us.
The tendency as result of the pack behaviour of men would cause discord amongst religions and sects. This is due to the animalistic trait inherent in being the animal we call man. Men must rise and be counted as amongst the saints and be fit to be seated with the saints. No pack behaviour please. Do try not to back pack behaviour. Otherwise, we will be no different from many wild animals
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