No one owns a copyright on the Buddha’s teachings. They belong to the world, and in that sense they are not something I can offer to you. The teachings and teachers are ubiquitous. Reality is your teacher. Everything that appears can become your teacher. The four seasons can teach you. Anything can be a teacher of Buddhist teachings. Anything.

17th Karmapa

from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out

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Further quotes from the book The Heart Is Noble:

• Look what he did
• The intention to work for others
• Loving Responsibility
• Authentic love
• Making healthy relationships possible
• Facing Impermanence Wisely
• The kindness we receive from others
• We truly have everything we need already
• Our relationship to the material world
• Who are you
• Let the moon be the keeper of my love
• Capacity for Change
• True Wealth
• Taking delight in your inner nature
• We need space to grow and learn from our own mistakes
• Interdependent reality
• The Wealth of Contentment
• Social action
• Protective Inner Wisdom