Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
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We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.
Some say I am a good person, some say I am a charlatan - I am just a monk... I never asked people like Richard Gere to come, but it is foolish to stop them. I have Tibetans, Indians, backpackers, AIDS patients, religious people, politicians, actors and princesses. My attitude is to give everyone some of my time. If I can contribute in any way to their happiness, that makes me happy.
Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.
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I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I'm not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs, or gambling (though I'm not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.
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