“[Tenzin Palmo]: The practice is [snapping her fingers] to wake up and develop clarity and alertness and at the same time love, kindness and consideration. You are kind not just to all sentient beings in the 10 directions as a wish, but practically to the person who is next to you, your wife or husband, your children, colleagues at work, the stranger you meet on the bus, to anybody. You are just aware that these people are suffering as you are suffering. That extra smile, that extra kindness can mean so much to people. This is practice. It is not how many millions of mantras you say. This is so irrelevant. I feel it is a big mistake when people get the idea that unless they go into long retreats and do millions of different kinds of practices they are not going to get anywhere. True practice on the Bodhisattva path has very little to do with that but an enormous amount to do with the quality of our everyday lives and our relationships.”
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Martine Batchelor, born in 1953 in the United Kingdom, is a renowned Buddhist author and teacher. Her works cover Buddhist philosophy, meditation practice, and the application of Buddhist wisdom in contemporary life. Batchelor女士 entered the Buddhist field in the early 1970s and received rigorous Buddhist training in India and Thailand, including meditation and academic research. Her writing style is clear and profound, aiming to help readers understand the core teachings of Buddhism and its application in modern society. more
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