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1 " When we help someone with genuine concern for her well-being, levels of endorphins, which are associated with euphoric feeling, surge in the brain, a phenomenon referred to as the helper’s high. In studies in which participants were asked to consciously extend compassion to another person, the reward centers of the compassionate brain were activated – the same brain system that lights up when we think of chocolate or another treat...The fulfillment Mother Teresa derived from her selfless service was a by-product, not the goal. Her primary motive was to bring help and solace to the destitute. This is the catch – a happy catch – to compassion: The more we are in it for other people, the more we get out of it ourselves. "
― Thupten Jinpa , A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives
2 " The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. —WILLIAM JAMES (1842–1910) "
3 " Emptiness does not imply non-existence; emptiness implies the emptiness of intrinsic existence, which necessarily implies dependent origination. Dependence and interdependence is the nature of all things; things and events come into being only as a result of causes and conditions. Emptiness makes the law of cause and effect possible. "
― Thupten Jinpa , Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
4 " Come here, I shall bless you within nonduality; "
― Thupten Jinpa , Mind Training: The Great Collection
5 " O prince, abide in meditative equipoise on the spacelike ultimate. [16] In the illusionlike subsequent periods, reflect on karma and its fruits.” When the teacher revealed "
6 " These are visualized in the form of streams of dark clouds, smoke, or even brackish water, which enter our body. "
7 " These are visualized in the form of white clouds, bright lights, and streams of nectar, which enter the bodies of other beings. "
8 " Therefore hold this fact of not being the object of your own disapproval "
9 " All things originate dependently. Because all things originate dependently, one can observe cause and effect. Cause and effect are only possible in a world that is dependently originated, and dependent origination is only possible in a world that is devoid of intrinsic existence, which is to say in a world that is empty. Therefore, we can say that emptiness is form, which is another way of saying that form arises from emptiness, and emptiness is the basis that allows the dependent origination of form. Thus the world of form is a manifestation of emptiness. "
10 " First to explain ethical discipline: It’s the root of higher transmigration; It’s the staircase to liberation; It’s the antidote to suffering; "
11 " Witnessing kindness makes us feel compassionate, and compassion predicts helping behavior. "
12 " May you be happy . . . May you be free from suffering . . . May you be healthy . . . May you find peace and joy. "
13 " He is untainted by elaborations of the eight mundane concerns.77 "
14 " May the sufferings of all sentient beings and those sufferings’ causes ripen upon me, and may my own self be subdued and annihilated. May my virtues ripen on all sentient beings, and may they become endowed with happiness. "
15 " This time it is different. Today I have sought a spiritual teacher, I have read the sutras, and as a result I have now recognized the enemy!” It has been stated: The old days when you could Ruin me at will are now gone; I can see you now, so where are you off to? I shall tear down your arrogance.197 "
16 " Now my own self is the enemy, and sentient beings are the friends. "
17 " being cleansed in the spacelike meditative equipoise, "
18 " Are you not sunk in the mires of a household? "
19 " Observe the defects of a householder’s life and return soon.” When the prince heard "
20 " If you aspire to self-mastery, [286] apply the antidotes to pride; If you aspire to overcome all obstacles, "
