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"To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity."
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"I have had occasion to meet with, in convents for instance, literally saintly examples of practical charity, they have generally had the brisk, decided, undisturbed and slightly brutal air of a busy surgeon, the face in which one can discern no commiseration, no tenderness at the sight of suffering humanity, and no fear of hurting it, the face devoid of gentleness or sympathy, the sublime face of true goodness."
"Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable."
"One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year."
"A miserable scrooge whom lacks charity for the entire world is a menace to society. Spiritual sullenness destroys men quicker than gunfire."
"It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as soon as it touches the glass. Yet when I reach to top off the cups of others, my own spills over. This is the crazy magic of charity."
"That day, I learned that I could be a giver by simply bringing a smile to another person. The ensuing years have taught me that a kind word, a vote of support is a charitable gift. I can move over and make another place for someone. I can turn my music up if it pleases, or down if it is annoying. I may never be known as a philanthropist, but I certainly am a lover of mankind, and I will give freely of my resources."
"If you want to help a hungry poor man sleeping on the bench, don't ever wake him up; put the food on the bench, put some money and leave the place without looking at your back!"
"TZEDAKAH is a Hebrew word commonly translated as "charity. One Jewish leader described tzedakah as having eight levels of charitable giving. The eighth and highest level of giving is described like this:"The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, or by extending a suitable loan, or by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.Serve others in a way that helps them become self-reliant (or interdependent) and watch miracles happen for both you and them."
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"Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas."
"If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both."
"According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings."
"To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings."
"If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."
"Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either."
"Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist."
"As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha."
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