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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…
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Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become...
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The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.
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Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for…
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In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.
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The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow…
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Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size…
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Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic…
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To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened…
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Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.
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To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality.…
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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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Feed the growing human being, feed him with the sort of experience for which from year to year he shows a natural…
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I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue.
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"I've learned what's funny verbally ain't so funny on e-mail: They don't hear your intonations. Melissa broke up with somebody over that.…
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The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to…
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Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on…
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Please. Don’t switch off my mind by attempting to straighten me out. Listen and understand, and when you feel contempt don’t express…
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Another way of verbally masking elite preemption of other people's decisions is to use the word 'ask'-as in 'We are just asking…
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Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical…
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Anyone wanting to proclaim the glory of Christ to the ends of the earth must consider not only how to declare the…
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It’s, it’s like I’m in the fourth dimension and somebody is asking me to describe it verbally and that’s what the fourth…
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