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Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals.

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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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Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals. — Robert Thurman
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