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I am simply just one monk. That's all.

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Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.
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Someone else's action should not determine your response.
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When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.
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Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.
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From adversity we can learn the value of patience.
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PeaceĀ… starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.
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In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.
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I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the ends are the same.
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True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.
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I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to choose whether they pay religion any regard, but to neglect compassion is a mistake because it is the source of our own well-being.
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The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
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When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot.
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Even within one person, yesterday and today, there are differences. We must look at a deeper level.
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The immediate source of a mind... must be a mind which existed before the conception took place the mind must have a continuity from a previous mind. This we hold to prove the existence of a past life.
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All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.
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