Compassion Quote by Sogyal Rinpoche

“It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.” quote by Sogyal Rinpoche — Download Open image

“It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.”

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