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Each and every living being is supremely kind and precious to me. They provide me with the opportunity to attain the pure and everlasting happiness of enlightenment – the ultimate goal of human life.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso • Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra
Demystifying Awakening: A Buddhist Path of Realization, Embodiment, and Freedom
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In this way Gotama strolled towards the town collecting alms, and the two Samanas recognized him simply by the perfection of his peace, by the stillness of his being in which there was no seeking, no desire, no imitation, no attempts at being seen—only light and peace.
Hermann Hesse, SBP Editors • Siddhartha
Waking up this morning I smile. I have twenty-four hours to live. I vow to live them deeply and learn to look at the beings around me with the eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh • No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
In the famous Zen ox-herding sequence, the process of gaining enlightenment is analogized to finding and taming a wild ox. As is well known, the final stage of that process is not nothingness, not pure transcendence, but returning to the marketplace with the ox. The ultimate stages of the contemplative path are, finally, a return to where it began.
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