The Dalai Lama's Cat
All this is possible because true happiness comes from within, which means we can always find joy, in both good times and bad. Although pain and pleasure are an inevitable part of human life, suffering and happiness are entirely optional. The choice is ours. A fully Awake, fully conscious human being has the love, compassion, and energy to make cha
... See moreJeremy Graves • The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
The profound interrelatedness suggested by the story of Indra’s net, though currently only an analogy to contemporary scientific theory, may one day turn out to be scientific fact. And that possibility, in turn, transforms the whole idea of cultivating compassion from a nice idea into a matter of life-shaking proportions. Just by changing your pers
... See moreYongey Mingyur Rinpoche • The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Water the garden of greed, and you get greedier; nourish the saplings of compassion, and eventually they grow instead. Such is the core of the Buddha’s “four noble truths”: that suffering exists; that clinging, craving desire is its cause; that it is possible to end suffering; and that there is a systematic, step-by-step, empirically verifiable pro
... See moreJay Michaelson • Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
I must give up cherishing myself and instead cherish all other living beings without exception.