" Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength." ~ Dalai Lama
"The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well being." ~ Dalai Lama
Compassion: Deep awareness of the suffering of another without the need to relieve it, feeling total appreciation for its value; a state of non-judgment.
"Real compassion comes from seeing the suffering of others. You feel a sense of responsibility, and you want to do something for them." Dalai Lama
"Sometimes your dear friend, though still the same person, feels more like an enemy. Instead of love, you feel hostility. But with genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no effect on your attitude." Dalai Lama
"Nirvana may be the final object of attainment, but at the moment it is difficult to reach. Thus the practical and realistic aim is compassion, a warm heart, serving other people, helping others, respecting others, being less selfish. By practising these, you can gain benefit and happiness that remain longer. If you investigate the purpose of life and, with the motivation that results from this inquiry, develop a good heart - compassion and love. Using your whole life this way, each day will become useful and meaningful." Dalai Lama
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama
"Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive, to allow others to abuse us, to smile and let anyone do what they want with us. Yet this is not what is meant by compassion. Quite the contrary. Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world. Compassion allows us to bear witness to that suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, and to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal. To develop this mind state of compassion...is to learn to live, as the Buddha put it, with sympathy for all living beings, without exception."
Qouted by Sharon Salzberg in Compassion, the Supreme Emotion
"It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind, that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public. When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved." Dalai Lama
"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things."
Thomas Merton
"All the peace and happiness of the whole globe,
the peace and happiness of societies,
the peace and happiness of family,
the peace and happiness in the individual persons' life,
and the peace and happiness of even the animals and so forth,
all depends on having loving kindness toward each other." Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Living your life for others, cherishing them with loving kindness and compassion is the door to happiness, the door to enlightenment.
The Door to Satisfaction
The purpose of human life, why we survive, why we live, is to pacify others' sufferings and disease, and to give happiness to them. Even if we cannot do everything now, just to stop one problem of another person is worthwhile.
Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Compassion: Deep awareness of the suffering of another without the need to relieve it, feeling total appreciation for its value; a state of non-judgment.
"Real compassion comes from seeing the suffering of others. You feel a sense of responsibility, and you want to do something for them." Dalai Lama
"Sometimes your dear friend, though still the same person, feels more like an enemy. Instead of love, you feel hostility. But with genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no effect on your attitude." Dalai Lama
"Nirvana may be the final object of attainment, but at the moment it is difficult to reach. Thus the practical and realistic aim is compassion, a warm heart, serving other people, helping others, respecting others, being less selfish. By practising these, you can gain benefit and happiness that remain longer. If you investigate the purpose of life and, with the motivation that results from this inquiry, develop a good heart - compassion and love. Using your whole life this way, each day will become useful and meaningful." Dalai Lama
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama
"Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive, to allow others to abuse us, to smile and let anyone do what they want with us. Yet this is not what is meant by compassion. Quite the contrary. Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world. Compassion allows us to bear witness to that suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, and to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal. To develop this mind state of compassion...is to learn to live, as the Buddha put it, with sympathy for all living beings, without exception."
Qouted by Sharon Salzberg in Compassion, the Supreme Emotion
"It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind, that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public. When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved." Dalai Lama
"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things."
Thomas Merton
"All the peace and happiness of the whole globe,
the peace and happiness of societies,
the peace and happiness of family,
the peace and happiness in the individual persons' life,
and the peace and happiness of even the animals and so forth,
all depends on having loving kindness toward each other." Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Living your life for others, cherishing them with loving kindness and compassion is the door to happiness, the door to enlightenment.
The Door to Satisfaction
The purpose of human life, why we survive, why we live, is to pacify others' sufferings and disease, and to give happiness to them. Even if we cannot do everything now, just to stop one problem of another person is worthwhile.
Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche