"Contemplating the suffering which is unbearable to..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
Contemplating the suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that wishes to free all living beings from suffering.
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“No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.”
“Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.”
“Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.”
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“It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.”
“cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.”
“But what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea the very fiend himself— that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I myself am the enemy who must be loved— what then?”