How do you decide whether or not to do something? Ask yourself how much benefit the activity is likely to bring.
17th Karmapa
from the book The Future Is Now: Timely Advice for Creating a Better World
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Further quotes from the book The Future Is Now:
- Human life
- Lighten up
- Guidance on the own path
- Why not support others
- Serving the common interest
- Dialogue
- Impermanence
- Reactions
- Our impact on the world
- Advice
- Experiences
- Assessing a religion
- Coexisting in delicate balance
- Use your brain
- Using discernment
- Be your own guide
- Friends
- Investigation
- True peace