A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma
Tricycle Daily Dharma February 27, 2014
The Necessity of Love and Compassion
There
is no denying that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the
happiness of others. There is no denying that if society suffers, we
ourselves suffer. Nor is there any denying that the more our hearts and
minds are afflicted with ill-will, the more miserable we become. Thus we
can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom.
But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion.
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- H.H. the Dalai Lama, "Consider Yourself a Tourist"
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