"All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion.……" — Milarepa
"All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others."
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30 Quotes by Milarepa
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Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others
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In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the…
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Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.
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You menace others with your deadly fangs. But in tormenting them, you are only tormenting yourselves.
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Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
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When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a…
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Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.
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I have no desire for wealth or possessions, and so I have nothing. I do not experience the initial suffering…
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Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire…
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All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction;…
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When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown,…
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I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.
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