Quotes About Compassion

Mindful consumption is the way out of our difficulties, not just our personal difficulties, but also the way out of war, poverty, and climate crisis.

When we are mindful, touching deeply the present moment, the fruits are always understanding, acceptance, love, and the desire to relieve suffering and bring joy.

We agreed that the true enemy of man is not man. Our enemy is not outside of us. Our true enemy is the anger, hatred, and discrimination that is found in the hearts and minds of man.

El dolor es inevitable. Está en todas partes. Además del sufrimiento individual y el sufrimiento colectivo como seres humanos, también existe el sufrimiento desencadenado por la naturaleza. Los desastres naturales y no naturales ocurren a diario por todos los rincones del planeta: tsunamis, incendios forestales, hambrunas, guerras.

If, in your mind, you think, "I wish this fellow would quit talking, so I could concentrate," you have already lost your mindfulness. But if you think, instead, "If he wishes to talk, I will answer, but I will continue in mindfulness, aware of the fact that we are walking along this path together, aware of what we say, I can continue to watch my breath as well.

The third nutriment is volition. This is your desire, your hope, your aspiration. It's the energy that keeps you alive. You want to be someone. You want to do something with your life. If you're motivated by compassion and love, your volition will give you the energy and direction to grow and become even more loving and compassionate.

Imagine two hens about to be slaughtered, but they do not know it. One hen says to the other, "The rice is much tastier than the corn. The corn is slightly off." She is talking about relative joy. She does not realize that the real joy of this moment is the joy of not being slaughtered, the joy of being alive.

We can put an end to our suffering just by realizing that our suffering is not worth suffering for! How

The Buddha said, "I have looked deeply into the state of mind of unhappy people and have seen hidden under their suffering a very sharp knife. Because they don't see that sharp knife in themselves, it is difficult for them to deal with suffering." Your

Another time the Buddha recounted a story which made me suddenly see the supreme importance of practicing mindfulness of one's own self--that is, to protect and care for one's self, not being preoccupied about the way others look after themselves, a habit of mind which gives rise to resentment and anxiety.

We do not expect a person always to be a flower, we have to understand his or her gardens as well.

Of course, you have the right to suffer, but as a practitioner, you do not have the right not to practice. We all need to be understood and loved, but the practice is not merely to expect understanding and love. It is to practice understanding and love. Please don't complain when no one seems to love or understand you. Make the effort to understand and love them better.

Thich Nhat Hanh

According to Buddhism, consciousness is like a field with every possible kind of seed in it: seeds of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity; seeds of anger, fear, and anxiety; and seeds of mindfulness. Consciousness is the storehouse that contains all these seeds, all the possibilities of what might arise in your mind.

Only the person who is empty of self is happy; he has no jealousy, no hatred, no anger, because there is no self to compare.

Without suffering, you cannot get the peace and joy you deserve.

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart.

When we embrace anger and take good care of our anger, we obtain relief. We can look deeply into it and gain many insights. The first insight may be that the seed of anger in us has grown a little too big, and it is the main cause of our misery. As we begin to see this fact, we realize that the other person is only a secondary cause. The other person is not the main cause of our anger. If

So to love someone, you have to understand the real needs of that person, and not impose on her what you think is needed for her to be happy. Understanding is the foundation of love.

To preserve yourself is to preserve the opportunity to serve others.

Qué clase de alimentos he estado ingiriendo que han alimentado este sufrimiento?». Cuando empieces a descubrir la clase de alimentos que has estado tomando quizá te eches a llorar.

But to make someone else happy, you have to understand that person's needs, suffering, and desires and not assume you know what will make them happy. Ask, "What would make you happy?" THE RIGHT GIFT In Vietnam there is a fruit that many people love called durian.

The first mindfulness training is important to help us remain free people. Freedom is above all else freedom from our own notions and concepts. If we get caught in our notions and concepts, we can make ourselves suffer and we can also make those we love suffer.

Joking about violence is not funny.