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• The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in…
• Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become...
• The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.
• Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for…
• In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.
• The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow…
• Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size…
• Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic…
• To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened…
• Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.
• To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality.…
• Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which…

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