A person without compassion cannot be happy

To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you love. And when you love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.  

Understanding and love are not two things, but just one. Suppose your son wakes up one morning and sees that it is already quite late. He decides to wake up his younger sister, to give her enough time to eat breakfast before going to school. It happens that she is grouchy and instead of saying, "Thank you for waking me up," she says, "Shut up!  Leave me alone!" and kicks him. He will probably get angry, thinking, "I woke her up nicely. Why did she kick me?" He may want to go to the kitchen and tell you about it, or even kick her back. But then he remembers that during the night his sister coughed a lot, and he realizes that she must be sick. Maybe she has a could, maybe that is why she behaved so meanly. He is not angry anymore. At that moment there is Buddha in him. He understands, he is awake. When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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  1. Charles van Dijk

    April 7, 2013

    So in other words shared conciousness . Very nice post. Have a good day.

  2. Ashish khabri sharma

    April 7, 2013

    You are right, but there should sincerity, greedless and honesty than you can achive every thing with love.

  3. komweru lydia

    April 7, 2013

    that's true dear sos understanding is among the greatest gifts one can get from God. i storngly agree with u. thx 4da msg, hve ablessed evng.

  4. Audrey Beasley

    April 7, 2013

    todos temos nós e entender que o outo e cheio deles  não posso ajudar desatar se o outo quer ficar presa  ok =wisdom não leva o problema para vc  nosso mente sempre culpa a nós pelo o outro e o mesquinho não liga puro egoísmo  ISSO E TOD O SER HUMANO entenda isso não ta pontando dedo somos assim  analise critico de se  não tem o ditado quem conhece os outros é forte mas a se mesmo ´´e poder(não sobre)

  5. Hemant Dave

    April 7, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos beautiful illustration! I My though: All we need to do is not be preoccupied in our own selfish world, so as to realize there really is compassion inside us!

  6. Charles van Dijk

    April 7, 2013

    Pax Romano or Roman Peace Cicero the Roman lawyer came up with that one too. His famous speech Que Bono no crime without a motive, set free an innocent man. It was not all bread and circuses.

  7. Ashish khabri sharma

    April 7, 2013

    My dear nothing can be done without motive.It is very essential unless and
    untill there is motive and aim alongwith love secirty you can not achive
    sucess.

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