What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination.
Dalai LamaWhenever there is a challenge, there is also an opportunity to face it, to demonstrate and develop our will and determination.
Dalai LamaToday we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.
Dalai LamaOne can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.
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