That is the source of happiness in our life.
-- H.H. the Dalai Lama
~
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It's important to differentiate a thought from an emotion. We say things
such as, "I feel like they don't accept me." Actually, that is a thought.
We may feel hurt or frustrated, and it's because we're thinking that others
existence. It is simply discovering within us what is already there. It is
the full realization of our intrinsic nature. In Tibetan, buddha is sang
gyay. Sang means that all of the faults have been cleared away, while gyay
-means “full realization”; just as from darkness, the moon waxes, likewise
+means "full realization"; just as from darkness, the moon waxes, likewise
from ignorance, the qualities of the mind’s intrinsic nature emerge.
-- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
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+~
The fundamental teaching of the Buddha is that we should view others as being
more important than we are. Of course, you cannot completely ignore yourself.
But neither can you neglect the welfare of other people and other sentient
people will do for us or how good they'll make us feel.
-- Thubten Chodron, "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom
and Compassion"
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+~
+Because we don't recognize our essential nature--we don't realize that
+although appearances arise unceasingly, nothing is really there--we invest
+with solidity and reality the seeming truth of self, other, and actions
+between self and others. This intellectual obscuration gives rise to
+attachment and aversion, followed by actions and reactions that create karma,
+solidify into habit, and perpetuate the cycles of suffering. This entire
+process needs to be purified.
+ -- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, from "In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30
+ Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers", edited by Reginald A. Ray.
+~
+ Effort is crucial in the beginning for generating a strong will. We all
+have the Buddha nature and thus already have within us the substances through
+which, when we meet with the proper conditions, we can turn into a fully
+enlightened being having all beneficial attributes and devoid of all faults.
+The very root of failure in our lives is to think, "Oh, how useless and
+powerless I am!" It is important to have a strong force of mind thinking,
+"I can do it," this not being mixed with pride or any other afflictive
+emotion.
+ Moderate effort over a long period of time is important, no matter what you
+are trying to do. One brings failure on oneself by working extremely hard at
+the beginning, attempting to do too much, and then giving it all up after a
+short time. A constant stream of moderate effort is needed. Similarly, when
+meditating, you need to be skillful by having frequent, short sessions; it is
+more important that the session be of good quality than that it be long.
+ -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, from "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight"
+~
+We Buddhists are supposed to save all sentient beings, but practically
+speaking, this may be too broad a notion for most people. In any case, we
+must at least think in terms of helping all human beings. This is very
+important. Even if we cannot think in terms of sentient beings inhabiting
+different worlds, we should nonetheless think in terms of the human beings on
+our own planet. To do this is to take a practical approach to the problem.
+It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily
+lives. If we find we cannot help another, the least we can do is to desist
+from harming them. We must not cheat others or lie to them. We must be
+honest human beings, sincere human beings.
+ -- H.H. the Dalai Lama
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