This morning I read from the Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D. I was searching for the meaning of compassion because in times of stress real or imagined, I know that compassion is the answer.
The Dalai Lama defines compassion as "a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is asssociated with a sense of commitment, responsibility and respect towards the other."
The Dalai Lama goes on to say: "However, if people have compasson, naturally that's something they can count on, even if they have economic problems and their fortune declines, they still have something to share with fellow human beings. World economies are alwasy so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something that we can always carry with us."
Do you have compassion that can sustain you through good times and bad?
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