We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.
Dalai LamaThere is nothing that does not get easier through cultivation. The buddhas of the past started out as ordinary beings. They were not buddhas in the beginning. The path to buddhahood is traversed only through gradually developing more and more courage and DETERMINATION -then it is attained.
Dalai LamaHard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience.
Dalai LamaOur attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.
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