To be kind to those who have come from afar, to those who have been ill for a long time, or to our parents in their old age, is equivalent to meditating on emptiness of which compassion is the very essence.
Atisha
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Further quotes from the book Words of My Perfect Teacher :
- Discovering Dharma
- Peerless Teacher, at your feet I bow
- The Six Paramitas
- Impermanence is everywhere
- May we realize the natural state
- Bright moon
- May our minds mingle with the Dharma
- Aspiration for renunciation
- The result of learning, contemplation, and meditation
- The Three Defects when listening to the Dharma
- Even the smallest amounts of merit
- Motivated by ordinary concerns
- Arousing Bodhicitta
- Diligence
- At your feet I bow
- Actions arising from anger
- No Life Guarantee
- Remembering impermanence
- The need to follow a spiritual teacher