"Compassion calls forth our best human capacities—attentional balance and caring, unselfish intention and insight, and ethical action—in a way that no other response does."

— Roshi Joan Halifax

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"Compassion calls forth our best human capacities—attentional balance and caring, unselfish intention and insight, and ethical action—in a way that no other response does."

— Roshi Joan Halifax

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"Oppression is never justified and it is not destined. When those with power oppress others, this injustice should be resisted and transformed. The changing nature of life’s circumstances is not an excuse to avoid actively responding to and disrupting social injustice, to sidestep our responsibility to speak up.

When we can do something to change things, we must."

— Kaira Jewel Lingo

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"Oppression is never justified and it is not destined. When those with power oppress others, this injustice should be resisted and transformed. The changing nature of life’s circumstances is not an excuse to avoid actively responding to and disrupting social injustice, to sidestep our responsibility to speak up.

When we can do something to change things, we must."

— Kaira Jewel Lingo

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Be a guard for those who are protectorless, a guide for those who journey on the road.
For those who wish to cross the water, be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

— Śāntideva

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Raining down a flood of food and drink,
May I dispel the ills of thirst and famine.

In the aeons marked by scarcity and want,
May I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

— Śāntideva

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Raining down a flood of food and drink,
May I dispel the ills of thirst and famine.

In the aeons marked by scarcity and want,
May I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

— Śāntideva

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Our real enemy is not man, is not another human being. Our real enemy is our ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving, and violence.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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We won’t bring about peace in the world merely by praying for it; we have to take steps to tackle the violence and corruption that disrupt peace. We can’t expect change if we don’t take action.

— H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama

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We won’t bring about peace in the world merely by praying for it; we have to take steps to tackle the violence and corruption that disrupt peace. We can’t expect change if we don’t take action.

— H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama

#buddhism #dharma

Our real enemy is not man, is not another human being. Our real enemy is our ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving, and violence.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#buddhism #dharma