Compassion is not a virtue

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“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. 

It's not something we have or don't have -- 

it's something we choose to practice.” 

~ Brené Brown

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Serving society

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"Those who sincerely practice Buddha Dharma must also serve society... We cannot discriminate between spirituality and our life in society... Without a concern for [others'] welfare, our practice has little meaning."

~ Dalai Lama, in his foreward to Joseph Goldstein's Transforming the Mind
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What's left?

Take ignoring, grasping, and rejecting away . . . What's left ?
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