Valentine’s Day, the Cross, and the Forgotten Compassion.

February 14 — the world was celebrating Valentine’s Day. Flowers, greetings, messages, and public declarations of love filled social media. Yet at the same time, in another corner of the world, there were reports of violence, war, racism, political hatred, and growing intolerance. Incidents emerging from powerful nations like the United States disturb the mind.

In such a moment, a question arises — were the final words spoken by Jesus Christ on the cross truly words of love and forgiveness?
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
This sentence has become immortal in history. There is no revenge in it, no hatred — only compassion. But when we look at what is happening in the world today, we are compelled to ask — have we truly preserved that legacy of forgiveness and love? Standing before this question is

Gautama Buddha.
He taught: “Hatred does not cease by hatred; it ceases only by love.”
His teachings of loving-kindness (Metta) and compassion (Karuna) were not merely philosophical ideas; they were a path toward human liberation. In today’s global politics, capitalist competition, power struggles, and social polarization, the voice of love seems faint. Love has been reduced to private relationships. Yet both Christ and the Buddha presented love as a universal value — one that extends even to one’s enemies. Perhaps the question is not whether love has disappeared. The question is whether we are willing to place love at the center of our lives. Celebrating Valentine’s Day is easy. Choosing love in an atmosphere of hatred — that is the true revolution. Both the Cross and the Bodhi tree continue to call out to us —

In times of violence, love is courage.
And forgiveness is true strength.

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