Try to serve the common interest. Whatever happens, think about what is best for the group rather than acting for yourself alone. The benefit of many is more important than that of each individual. If you cannot tell the difference, there is no way you can serve the public. What’s more, your own interests will be ill served.
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:
- Using discernment
- Be your own guide
- Friends
- Investigation
- True peace
- Intelligence
- Just for the fun of it
- Aspire to great things
- The benefits of dharma
- Living harmoniously with others
- Human life
- Lighten up
- Guidance on the own path
- Why not support others
- Dialogue
- Impermanence
- How to decide
- Reactions
- Our impact on the world