Quotes About Compassion

I love the Buddha's simple definition of enlightenment as "the end of suffering." There is nothing superhuman in that, is there?

It is always the case that both victim and perpetrator suffer the consequences of any acts of violence, oppression, or brutality.

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?" 1

Nu deveniÈ›i mai buni încercând s? fiÈ›i buni, ci g?sind bun?tatea care deja se afl? în voi È™i permiÈ›ându-i s? ias? la iveal?. Dar acest lucru este posibil doar dac? se schimb? ceva fundamental în starea voastr? de conÈ™tiin??.

El Buda dice que el dolor o sufrimiento surge por el deseo y que para liberarnos del sufrimiento tenemos que cortar los lazos del deseo.

greater part of human suffering is not due to natural disasters, but is inflicted by humans on one another.

If you think you are so enlightened," Ram Dass said, "go and spend a week with your parents.

see the sameness of being in every human.

Cómo puedes estar resentido con alguien que está enfermo? La única respuesta apropiada es la compasión.

First you stop judging yourself; then you stop judging your partner. The greatest catalyst for change in a relationship is complete acceptance of your partner as he or she is, without needing to judge or change them in any way. That immediately takes you beyond ego. All mind games and all addictive clinging are then over.

No juzgue o condene lo que oye, porque hacerlo significaría que la misma voz ha vuelto a entrar por la puerta trasera.

la causa principal del sufrimiento físico y de las enfermedades físicas. El resentimiento, el odio, la autocompasión, la culpa, la ira, la depresión, los celos y así sucesivamente, incluso la más leve irritación, son todas formas del sufrimiento. Y todo placer o elevación emocional contiene en sí mismo la semilla del dolor:

No puedes amar a tu compañero o compañera un momento y atacarle al siguiente. El verdadero amor no tiene opuesto. Si tu «amor» tiene un opuesto, entonces no es amor, sino la intensa necesidad del ego de una identidad más completa y profunda, necesidad que la otra persona cubre temporalmente.

Si no puedes aceptar lo que es, eso implica que nunca puedes aceptar a las personas como son.

Knowing the oneness of yourself and the other is true love, true care, true compassion.

APRENDE A EXPRESAR lo que sientes sin culpar. Aprende a escuchar a tu pareja de manera abierta, sin ponerte a la defensiva.

Open your eyes and see the fear, the despair, the greed, and the violence that are all-pervasive. See the heinous cruelty and suffering on an unimaginable scale that humans have inflicted and continue to inflict on each other as well as on other life forms on the planet.

The greatest catalyst for change in a relationship is complete acceptance of your partner as he or she is, without needing to judge or change them in any way.

No puedes amar a tu compañero o compañera un momento y atacarle al siguiente. El verdadero amor no tiene opuesto.

Once you see the ego for what it is, it becomes much easier to remain nonreactive toward it. You don't take it personally anymore. There is no complaining, blaming, accusing, or making wrong. Nobody is wrong. It is the ego in someone, that's all. Compassion arises when you recognize that all are suffering from the same sickness of the mind, some more acutely than others.

PRIMERO DEJAS DE JUZGARTE A TI MISMO; después dejas de juzgar a tu pareja. El mayor catalizador del cambio en las relaciones es la aceptación total de tu pareja tal como es, dejando completamente de juzgarla y de intentar cambiarla.

There is something that needs to happen in my life before I can be at peace (happy, fulfilled, etc.). And I resent that it hasn't happened yet. Maybe my resentment will finally make it happen." "Something happened in the past that should not have happened, and I resent that. If that hadn't happened, I would be at peace now." "Something is happening now that should not be happening, and it is preventing me from being at peace now.

Real love doesn't make you suffer. How could it?

Only those who have transcended the world can bring about a better world.