Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other. ~ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Month: November 2010
What is your work?
What strikes…
What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl. ~ Rumi
What we have to befriend
The elemental struggle is with our feeling of being wrong, with our guilt and shame at what we are. That’s what we have to befriend. ~ Pema Chodron
Holding on to anger…
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ The Buddha