My favourite quotation from Shantideva’s book is: ‘As long as space endures, as long as sentient beings remain, until then, may I too remain and dispel the miseries of the world.’
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So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?
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with genuine compassion you view others as more important than yourself
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The Buddhist interpretation is that genuine compassion is based on a clear acceptance or recognition that others, like oneself, want happiness and have the right to overcome suffering.
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Compassion is the most wonderful and precious thing
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But no matter how forceful this is, it cannot destroy the supreme source of my happiness, which is my calmness of mind.
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I consider hatred to be the ultimate enemy. By ‘enemy’ I mean the person or factor which directly or indirectly destroys our interest. Our interest is that which ultimately creates happiness.
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my tragic experiences have also had some valuable aspects
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As the great Indian scholar Shantideva has said: ‘If there is a way to overcome the suffering, then there is no need to worry; if there is no way to overcome the suffering, then there is no use in worrying.’
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The sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness