Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn, out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
If we only practice compassion at the mind level, we run a great risk of our compassion being just talk. As we know, talk is cheap. To develop true compassion we have to put our money where our mouth is.
Human life is full off the play of samskaras, tendencies developed by repeated actions.
Open up, create free space; release the bound one from his bonds! Like a newborn child, freed from the womb, be free to move on every path!
et me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
The mode of living which is founded upon a total harmlessness towards all creatures upon a minimum of such harm is the highest morality.
