Where do the wars, the capitalist corporate aggression, and greed beyond words all come from? They all come from the uncontrolled mind that dominates our speech, our thinking, and our actions. If we multiply that by seven billion we can see where the problem lies. We cannot just blame the politicians; we have to look closer. From a worldwide perspective we gradually draw in closer and closer; we might focus on Dharma centers, families, relationships between couples, and again we find greed, aggression, and ignorance. Especially the ignorance of believing our own ideas are the truth: What I think must be right, because that is what I think.
Tenzin Palmo
from the book The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion
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