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...inner spiritual transformation is just as dependent upon the effect of our economic life upon the world as transformations in the world…
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The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we…
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Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to be aware…
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This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle.
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This deep agnosticism is more than the refusal of conventional agnosticism to take a stand on whether God exists or whether the…
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Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive the world.
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The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in…
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It has taken four billion years of evolution to generate this kind of organism with this kind of brain, and yet we…
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The idea that there will be something spiritual or subtle, some sort of consciousness that can escape the collapse of the body…
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Living from our deepest understanding requires an enormous effort, especially when it goes against the stream of our instinctually programmed perceptions of…
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Buddhism, I think, is probably facing the single most difficult transition from one historical epoch to another, which is really the transition…
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So the Buddha is presenting awakening not as a single mystical experience that may come upon us at some meditation, some private…
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Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise…
— Chanakya
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The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our…
— Unknown Author
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For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist; it's absolutely an individual…
— Dalai Lama
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Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even…
— Johann Arndt
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A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity,…
— Stephen Batchelor
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Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he…
— Gautama Buddha
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Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a…
— Unknown Author
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A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.
— Joan D. Chittister
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We all compromise ourselves, from time to time, because maybe it will lead to more opportunity...A ll of that’s cool, but we…
— Paul Walker
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The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.…
— Dalai Lama
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The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.
— Jack Kornfield
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The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart…
— Ram Dass
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