“A friend told me of visiting the Dalai Lama in India and asking him for a succinct definition of compassion. She prefaced her question by describing how heart-stricken she'd felt when, earlier that day, she'd seen a man in the street beating a mangy stray dog with a stick. "Compassion," the Dalai Lama told her, "is when you feel as sorry for the man as you do for the dog."” MenFeelsHeartSufferingFeltCompassionStreetsDogHe ManIndiaAskingSticksSorryDefinitionsDescribingVisitingLamaDalaiStray Dogs Author:Marc Ian Barasch
“Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that of a hotel doorman. A doorman lets the guests in, but he doesn't follow them up to their rooms. He lets them out, but he doesn't walk into the street with them to their next appointment. He greets them all, then lets them go on about their business. Meditation is, in its initial stages, simply accustoming oneself to letting thoughts come and go without grasping at their sleeves or putting up a velvet rope to keep them out.” ShouldMindStatesNextWalksRoomsMeditationHeardStreetsStageGoes OnLetting GoOneselfHotelState Of MindGuestsRopeInitialsComes And GoesSleevesAppointmentsGraspingVelvetLamaSeminars Book:The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness Source: The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness
