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If
you want others to be
happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
practice compassion.
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God
calls all of you to take the path of the inner truth--and that
means taking responsibility for everything that's in you:
for what
pleases you and for what you're ashamed of, for the rich person
inside you and for the poor one. Francis of Assisi called
this,
"loving the leper within us." If you learn to
love the poor one
within you, you'll discover that you have room to have
compassion
"outside" too, that there's room in you for others,
for those who are
different from you, for the least among your brothers and
sisters.
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When someone accepts your help, that person is
giving you
a wonderful opportunity. You're not only helping that
person
but you also have the opportunity to grow in compassion.
On seeing the suffering of another, you have the opportunity
to feel in your heart the suffering of that person. When
your
heart softens and you feel compassion for that person,
you become more selfless and rise closer to God,
your Higher Power, which is complete compassion.
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One
of the ways to learn to "feel with" is to get to know
others
beyond a superficial level. When we experience another's
life the way he or she experiences it, our world expands
and we begin to develop the ability to "feel with."
We develop compassion.
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The
essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability
to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering
of
others, to put ourselves "inside the skin" of the
other. We "go inside"
their body, feelings, and mental formations, and witness for
ourselves
their suffering. Shallow observation as an outsider is not
enough
to see their suffering. We must become one with the
subject of
our observation. When we are in contact with another's
suffering,
a feeling of compassion is born in us.
Compassion means, literally, "to suffer with."
Thich
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develop true compassion, first we must know that
suffering is real, and that sufferings hurt.
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Compassion
is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is
essential for our own peace and mental stability; it is essential for
human survival.
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Dalai Lama |
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of the journey is compassion. When you have come past all the pairs of
opposites you have reached compassion.
Joseph Campbell |
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Without an
awareness of our feelings we cannot experience compassion. How can we
share the sufferings and the joys of others if we cannot experience our
own?
Gary Zukav |
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A
human being is a part of the whole that we call the universe, a
part
limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts
and
feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of
optical
illusion of his consciousness. This illusion is a prison
for us,
restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for only
the few people nearest us. Our task must be to free
ourselves
from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living beings and all of nature.
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When
we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient
beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning,
almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness
of each moment and each being, and from this can
grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.
Sogyal
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The
value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone
can criticize. It takes a true believer to be
compassionate.
No greater burden can be borne by an individual than
to know no one cares or understands.
Arthur H.
Stainback |
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If
we make our goal to live a life of compassion
and unconditional love, then the world
will indeed become a garden where all
kinds of flowers can bloom and grow.
Elisabeth
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Next
time you encounter someone in pain, don't just wince and
pass by with a shrug. Hurting people need a bit of color
to brighten
their dark places, and they need to remember the promise that
God
is with them right where they are. Where rainbows grow,
angels sing and courage becomes contagious. You can be
a rainbow gardener by opening your heart
even if you're in pain yourself.
Barbara
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When
I'm bewildered and overwhelmed, I seek the gentle
guidance of a person I know will respond with compassion.
Life is complicated enough without having to listen to
the caustic remarks of someone's misdirected strength.
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Be understanding and
compassionate,
but not responsible for others.
Stephen C. Paul |
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Though
people may try to stop you from following the correct path
they can never divert you from correct behavior. Just make
sure
they don't force you to lose compassion toward them.
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is incomplete.
the Buddha |
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True
compassion flows fast, as if we were wounded ourselves,
yet without diminishing our strength.
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Compassion
springs from a mind and heart deeply rooted in
simplicity, integrity, and a profound understanding of the
interconnected nature of all life. Compassion is a
transforming
quality of heart we cultivate, nurture, and refine. It is
rediscovered
through the falling away of the layers of fear, resistance, and
anxiety
that have the power to veil the innately compassionate
heart. Our
challenge may not be so much one of becoming more compassionate,
but one of learning to let go of the clouds of confusion that
obscure the powerful compassion within us.
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Anyone who does not exercise compassion is
ignorant of the reality
that everyone needs it at some time in life; or we forget that
someone
has blessed us with compassion at a time when we needed it.
Joseph M. Marshall III |
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Compassion
is both teacher and student.
When we show it, we teach it to others.
When we feel it, we learn how it heals.
Leslie
Levine |
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Everyone
alive has suffered. It is the wisdom gained from our
wounds
and from our own experiences of suffering that makes us able to
heal.
Becoming expert has turned out to be less important than
remembering and
trusting the wholeness in myself and everyone else.
Expertise cures,
but wounded people can best be healed by other wounded people.
Only other wounded people can understand what is needed,
for the healing of suffering is compassion, not expertise.
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When
you go out into this world, remember: compassion,
compassion, compassion.
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