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Tricycle Daily Dharma December 13, 2012

Necessary Closeness

It is not sufficient merely to see that sentient beings are suffering. You must also develop a sense of closeness with them, a sense that they are dear. With that combination—seeing that people suffer and thinking of them as dear—you can develop compassion.

- Jeffrey Hopkins, "Everyone as a Friend"

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