Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit, social position, or recognition expresses the activity of Chenrezig.
Interpretation
True love and compassion involve selfless actions for the benefit of others.
This quote highlights the essence of genuine compassion, emphasizing that acts of love should be performed selflessly, without seeking personal gain or recognition. It suggests that true expressions of love align with the qualities of Chenrezig, a figure symbolizing compassion in Tibetan Buddhism, where the focus is entirely on the well-being of others rather than on one’s own social status or accolades.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one could use this quote to inspire volunteers.
Understanding that everything is impermanent, that happiness is transformed into suffering, and that all phenomena are lacking reality in themselves and are only projections of our mind, will permit us to counteract the first hindrance to meditation, that is, our attachment to this world.
There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, _x000D_ Brags of his substance, not of ornament: _x000D_ They are but beggars that can count their worth; _x000D_ But my true love is grown to such excess, _x000D_ I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by
One word more. You look as if you thought it tainted you to be loved by me. You cannot avoid it. Nay, I, if I would, cannot cleanse you from it. But I would not, if I could. I have never loved any woman before: my life has been too busy, my thoughts too much absorbed with other things. Now I love, and will love. But do not be afraid of too much expression on my part.
You fall in love differently when you are young and far from home in a seductive place. You fall in love with the very air you breathe, and the vivid colours and the unbearably sweet sensation of distance and unaccustomedness.
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