The great benefit of developing compassion is that through understanding the needs, fears, and desires of others, you develop a deeper capacity to understand your own self – what you hope for, what you hope to avoid, and the truth about your own nature.
Mingyur Rinpoche
from the book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living:
- Being diligent
- Your mind just as it is
- What Buddhists mean by happiness
- Thinking of yourself as limited
- The best part of all
- Oh, this is how my mind works
- Neither rejecting nor accepting
- Importance of the motivation
- Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
- Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
- Just observe it
- Trying to do your best
- Meditation on compassion
- Setting the tone for your entire day
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind
- Never disturbed
- Becoming aware
- Mind’s unlimited capacity