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"All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others."
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"A merciful heart beats contently stronger than many vengeful ones."
"I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water."
"What is the nature of the worldly life (sansar)? God lives in every living being of the world, that means if you oppress any living being or cause misery to them, then adharma (unrighteousness, irreligion) will occur. The result (effect) of adharma will be against your desires and the result of dharma (righteousness, religion) will be favorable to your desires."
"Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place."
"I call him religious who understands the suffering of others."
"Never underestimate the pains of others but consider yourself lucky."
"Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions. Or, as Marianne Moore put it, "The world's an orphan's home." And this feels more true than almost anything else I know. But so many of us can be soothed by writing: think of how many times you have opened a book, read one line, and said, "Yes!" And I want to give people that feeling, too, of connection, communication."
"The more you put your arm around those that you might naturally look down on, the more you will love yourself. And the more you love yourself, the less need you'll ever have to find fault or be better than others. And the less we all find fault or have a need to be better than others, the quicker this world becomes a far better place to live."
"Everyone can choose to live with a golden heart, it is a privilege of loving truly."
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"You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable."
"Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition."
"Respecting differences while gaining insight into our essential connected-ness, we can free ourselves from the impulse to rigidly categorize the world in terms of narrow boundaries and labels."
"Grief helps us to relinquish the illusion that the past could be different from what it was."
"Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self."
"The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred."
"Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point."
"Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered."
"The more we practice mindfulness, the more alert we become to the cost of keeping secrets."
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