Some people find it hard to see their own inner beauty. They wish to learn to be kinder to themselves but do not know how to go about doing so. I would say that in being loving and affectionate towards others, you can discover affection and kindness towards yourself. The best way to love oneself and care for oneself is to love others.
17th Karmapa
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Further quotes from the book Interconnected :
- An important source of closeness and love
- The imagination to see the other as free and happy
- Self-reliance
- Knowing more is not a substitute for feeling more
- The interdependence between us and the world
- Acting against self-serving impulses
- Noticing the collective effects of our individual actions
- Webs of interdependence
- Interdependence at work
- Our closest and most reliable allies
- Touching the core of our equality
- His Loneliness
- Collective actions and attitudes
- The deeper common ground all living being share
- Gradual change
- Delight in positive thoughts
- Our intimate dependence on the natural environment
- Interdependent individuals
- A main condition for our selfishness
- Opening up to the view of interconnectedness