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Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don't bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked.
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Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.
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Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become...
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Greed, the desire to incorporate, is magnified and fed back to produce the pretan realms, just as hate creates the hells.
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August 3, 1941
(age 83)
Bio:
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman is an American Buddhist writer and academic who has written, edited or translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism.
Known for:
Infinite Life (2004)
Inner Revolution (1998)
Essential Tibetan Buddhism = (1995)
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